abashment

Examples

• All

• "Banality and conventional politeness are godsends when one doesn't know what to say or do in the face of astonishment and abashment.

  Academic text (2014)

• She felt a deep sense of abashment after accidentally tripping in front of her classmates.

• When the alien did speak, it did so with a tone Calhoun hoped was abashment.

  Fiction book (1998)

• With an air of abashment, Mr. Miggs went to a phone booth to call the son with whom he lived to explain his lateness.

  Fiction book (1990)

• After making an embarrassing mistake, he couldn't hide his abashment during the meeting.

Synonyms

E

embarrassment

vsabashment

219 3.1

A feeling of awkwardness or shame

is the same discomfort but especially caused by modesty or shame

H

humiliation

vsabashment

• Offensive

148 4.2

A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish

is milder and internal rather than public degradation

A

abasement

vsabashment

• Formal

1 8.9

A feeling of deep shame when people treat you as unimportant

is an inward embarrassment and self-conscious discomfort not social lowering

B

bashfulness

vsabashment

1 3.9

Being shy and easily embarrassed around other people

is a brief self-conscious discomfort rather than a lasting trait

S

shamefacedness

vsabashment

9.3

A feeling of being embarrassed and sorry after you do something wrong

is similar but focuses on discomfort from modesty

Antonyms

C

confidence

456 2.1

A belief that you can do something well

S

self-assurance

4 3.5

Confidence in your own ability to do things and make choices

How Embarrassed

humiliation

• Offensive

148 4.2

shame

418 2.3

embarrassment

219 3.1

abashment

8.8

uneasiness

14 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology