abash

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

Similar words

embarrass shame disconcert confound imbarrass ashame discountenance bash humiliate put to shame

Often followed by

the him and me them her a my their

Word family

abashed abashes abashing abashment abashments