— abashment , n.
/euh bash"/ , v.t.
to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed: to abash someone by sneering.
[ 1275-1325; ME abaishen abacher, OF abaissier to put down, bring low (see ABASE), perh. conflated with AF abaiss-, long s. of abair, OF esba ( h ) ir to gape, marvel, amaze ( es- EX- 1 + -ba ( h ) ir, alter. of baer to open wide, gape batare; cf. BAY 2 , BAY 3 ) ]
Syn . shame, discompose, embarrass.