abash /əˈbæʃ/ verb2 •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.He was a man whom no check could abash — 1849 •(no longer used) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. formsabashed · abasht · abashing · abashes · abasheth · abashest