abashing
Making someone blush
Abashing is causing someone to feel embarrassed, self-conscious, or ashamed.
The word suggests making someone lose their composure or confidence: Her pointed questions had an abashing effect on the witness.
It's the present participle of abash, functioning as a verb form or adjective.
Causing acute embarrassment
- humiliatingCausing painful embarrassment
- shamingCausing feelings of disgrace
- discomfitingCausing embarrassment or unease
- flusteringCausing nervous confusion
disconcerting · chagrining · disgracing · dishonoring · red-faced · sheepish · cringe-worthy · awkward
Subduing through fear
- overawingSubduing through intimidation
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
- browbeatingIntimidating with stern pressure
- subduingBringing under control
humbling · deflating · silencing · overbearing · domineering · crushing · quelling · suppressing
Causing unease or confusion
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- rattlingProducing rapid knocks
flustering · perturbing · disorienting · confounding · bewildering · perplexing · nonplussing · discomposing
mortifying
Causing acute embarrassment
- humiliatingCausing painful embarrassment
- shamingCausing feelings of disgrace
- discomfitingCausing embarrassment or unease
flustering · disconcerting · chagrining · disgracing · dishonoring · red-faced · sheepish · cringe-worthy · awkward · uncomfortable
cowing
Subduing through fear
- overawingSubduing through intimidation
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
- browbeatingIntimidating with stern pressure
subduing · humbling · deflating · silencing · overbearing · domineering · crushing · quelling · suppressing · withering
disconcerting
Causing unease or confusion
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
- disturbingCausing mental unease
rattling · flustering · perturbing · disorienting · confounding · bewildering · perplexing · nonplussing · discomposing · jarring
abashingreassuring
Restoring calm or confidence
comforting · encouraging · emboldening · heartening · calming
abashinghonoring
Recognizing with respect
dignifying · exalting · praising · uplifting · elevating
abashingemboldening
Making more courageous
fortifying · empowering · steeling · nerving · reassuring
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