abash
verb[T]
uk/əˈbæʃ/us/əˈbæʃ/toembarrasssomeone or make themfeeluncomfortable:
使羞愧，使窘迫，使尴尬Hereldercousinsabashedher bycommentingon hershyness.她的堂兄弟们她腼腆性格的议论使她感到羞愧。
Theytriednot to beabashedby theunfamiliarluxury.他们尽量不因难得一见的奢华而感到窘迫。
- Fiveyearsago Iwroteapiecesuggestingthat thecompanywasdoomed, and was thenabashedbyitsapparentrecovery.
- Thefactthat theyseemedtowishto getridof him did not abash him in the least.
- Hisgratitudeabashedme byitsimmensity.
- Thefactthat Mary was twentyyearsherseniordid not abash her.
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- awkwardness
- egg
- hangdog
- have egg onyourfaceidiom
- humbling
- look
- looksomeonein the eye/faceidiom
- meet
- meetsomeone'seyeidiom
- not know where to putyourselfidiom
- pride
- shamefaced
- shamefacedly
- sheepish
- squirm
- swallowyourprideidiom