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abash
/əˈbæʃ/
verb
To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
Similar: bewilder, confound, confuse, daunt, discompose
To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
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