abashed

«abashed» in Mova's school dictionary: embarrassed and feeling small, because you have been… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (abashed)

meaning for a pupil

Abashed means embarrassed and feeling small, because you have been shamed or made to look foolish in front of others. tree →

sense in the lessons

a hero or heroine who feels shame and looks down after being laughed at or praised in public

examples

• He stood abashed when the teacher praised him. tree →
• She felt abashed when everyone laughed at her. tree →
• The little boy looked abashed and said sorry. tree →
• I was abashed by my own mistake. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.
• Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «abashed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.