Abashment (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeling embarrassed due to modesty
Synonyms:
abashment; bashfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("abashment" is a kind of...):
embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)
Derivation:
abash (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)