Synonyms:
abashed, chagrined, embarrassed
Meaning: feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
Usage examples
And Margaret sate abashed.
Pharaoh looked a little abashed.
He was not in the least abashed as he stood before the lawyers.
I was not too much abashed to take notice that the Kelpie bridled at this.
He was completely but somewhat incongruously dressed, and his open, boyish face looked abashed.
Cassandra felt more abashed under the round-eyed gaze of the maid than if she had encountered the queen.
In spite of himself, he appeared abashed by my aunt's indignant tears, and came slouching out of the garden.
She was so abashed at her blunder, that she looked absolutely imploring, and Mr. Denis Oglethorpe smiled again.
Then everybody laughed and jeered at her; and she was so abashed, that she wished herself a thousand feet deep in the earth.