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abashed
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synonyms: ~ignominy ???
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Definition:ashamed or embarrassed
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he stood up, waddled clumsily across the cell, dug down into the pocket of his overalls, and, with an abashed air, held out a grimy piece of bread to the skull-faced man.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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"That frightens me... I cannot, anymore..." murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The Little Prince, p.36 (Katherine Woods translation) (1943)
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I lowered my eyes, abashed, and reached for the honey to cover my embarrassment.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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But the sick man, though he seemed and was indifferent about it, was not angry, but only abashed, and on the whole as it were interested in what she was doing with him.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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Lucilla, abashed with this sudden speech of her father yet boldened by the love of her friend, with a comely bashfulness, answered him in this manner:
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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Lydia was Lydia still; untamed, unabashed, wild, noisy, and fearless.
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Mrs. Pocket's dignity was so crushing, that I felt quite abashed, as if I myself had done something to rouse it.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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