0 to embarrass someone or make them feel uncomfortable:
Her elder cousins abashed her by commenting on her shyness.
They tried not to be abashed by the unfamiliar luxury.
Five years ago I wrote a piece suggesting that the company was doomed, and was then abashed by its apparent recovery.
The fact that they seemed to wish to get rid of him did not abash him in the least.
The fact that Mary was twenty years her senior did not abash her.
