Abashed
adjective
Feeling embarrassed, disconcerted or ashamed.
She looked slightly abashed when he caught her reading his diary.
Often appears as...
- slightly abashed
- looked abashed
adjective
Feeling embarrassed, disconcerted or ashamed.
She looked slightly abashed when he caught her reading his diary.
Often appears as...
- slightly abashed
- looked abashed
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Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Regret
Use 'abashed' to express feeling foolish from a mild regret or mistake.
Henry was abashed after accidentally spilling wine on the host's carpet.
Pro Tip 2/3Reacting to Attention
'Abashed' often describes someone who feels uneasy under unexpected attention.
He was abashed by the applause he received for his candid speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Missteps
Use 'abashed' when someone feels self-conscious after a social mistake or blunder.
She was abashed to realize she had called him by the wrong name all evening.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Regret
Use 'abashed' to express feeling foolish from a mild regret or mistake.
Henry was abashed after accidentally spilling wine on the host's carpet.
Pro Tip 2/3Reacting to Attention
'Abashed' often describes someone who feels uneasy under unexpected attention.
He was abashed by the applause he received for his candid speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Missteps
Use 'abashed' when someone feels self-conscious after a social mistake or blunder.
She was abashed to realize she had called him by the wrong name all evening.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Regret
Use 'abashed' to express feeling foolish from a mild regret or mistake.
Henry was abashed after accidentally spilling wine on the host's carpet.
Pro Tip 2/3Reacting to Attention
'Abashed' often describes someone who feels uneasy under unexpected attention.
He was abashed by the applause he received for his candid speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Missteps
Use 'abashed' when someone feels self-conscious after a social mistake or blunder.
She was abashed to realize she had called him by the wrong name all evening.
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has become an unabashed advocate for men to learn and actively change behaviors regarding sexual and physical violence. There is hope; there is light. Men around the world are putting in the work to catalyze a true gender reckoning.
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Deanna Raybourn
American Author
Among my favorite half-dozen topics is the field of Victorian female explorers, the intrepid women who packed up their parasols and petticoats and roamed the world in search of adventure. Some were scientists, some artists, some unabashed curiosity-seekers who simply went out to see what they could see.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk, we want to know what things are and how they work - we begin life as little scientists.
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Anne Lamott
American Author
I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings of rage or even unabashed joy - a little bashed joy, here or there, or being mildly disgruntled.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
It's very rare that you have a liberal run as an unabashed liberal. They have to lie about it. They have to mask who they are. And in order for them to survive and thrive, they have to keep that up.
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Jean Henri Fabre
French Author
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
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Dominic Monaghan
Irish Actor
The term 'geek' for me is like you having a passion, interest in something that is unabashed and you don't care if people think it's not cool. You think it's cool and that's your thing.
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Emily Giffin
American Author
I have unabashed Bieber Fever and routinely Google 'Justin and Selena.' They are so cute together.
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Neha Bhasin
Indian Singer
I have been shamed by people for being unabashed about my choices in life.
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Boris Pasternak
Russian Novelist
Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.
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Darren Criss
American Actor
I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.
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Deanna Raybourn
American Author
Among my favorite half-dozen topics is the field of Victorian female explorers, the intrepid women who packed up their parasols and petticoats and roamed the world in search of adventure. Some were scientists, some artists, some unabashed curiosity-seekers who simply went out to see what they could see.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk, we want to know what things are and how they work - we begin life as little scientists.
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Anne Lamott
American Author
I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings of rage or even unabashed joy - a little bashed joy, here or there, or being mildly disgruntled.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
It's very rare that you have a liberal run as an unabashed liberal. They have to lie about it. They have to mask who they are. And in order for them to survive and thrive, they have to keep that up.
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Jean Henri Fabre
French Author
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
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Dominic Monaghan
Irish Actor
The term 'geek' for me is like you having a passion, interest in something that is unabashed and you don't care if people think it's not cool. You think it's cool and that's your thing.
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Emily Giffin
American Author
I have unabashed Bieber Fever and routinely Google 'Justin and Selena.' They are so cute together.
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Neha Bhasin
Indian Singer
I have been shamed by people for being unabashed about my choices in life.
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Boris Pasternak
Russian Novelist
Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.
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Darren Criss
American Actor
I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.
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