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55 words match “BASH”

BASH v.
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.
BASHAW n. 3 definitions
A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
BASHFUL a. 2 definitions
Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]
BASHFULLY adv.
In a bashful manner.
BASHFULNESS n.
The quality of being bashful.
BASHI-BAZOUK n.
A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.
BASHLESS a.
Shameless; unblushing. [Obs.] Spenser.
BASHYLE n.
See Basyle.
ABASH v.
ousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.
ABASHEDLY adv.
In an abashed manner.
ABASHMENT n.
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
BINBASHI n.
A major in the Turkish army.
CALABASH n. 3 definitions
The fruit of the calabash tree.
RAGABASH; RAGABRASH n.
An idle, ragged person. Nares. Grose.
SQUABASH v.
To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
TABASHEER n.
A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.
UNBASHFUL a.
Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak.
ABAIST p.
Abashed; confounded; discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ABAWED p.
Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ASHAMED a.
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "I am ashamed to beg." Wyclif. All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed pers…
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