abashing

verb

present participle of abash
as in embarrassing
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abashing
  1. embarrassing
  2. confusing
  3. rattling
  4. flustering
  5. disconcerting
Verb
  • Eric Silva isn’t even embarrassing them this season in the Tigers’ system over the Canha trade.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of embarrassing
Verb
  • Indeed, the movie opens with Ed quizzing an older Greek man he’s befriended on the Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, before berating him for confusing his Bottega Veneta loafers for Sebago.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Disenfranchising or, at best, confusing their voters risks their own electoral success, too.
    — SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Definition of confusing
Verb
  • The case went unsolved until 2016, rattling Jacob's community for decades.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • High yields worldwide have been rattling investors since the war sent oil prices bursting above $100 per barrel in March.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of rattling
Verb
  • The Pistons’ defense is swarming and flustering the Cavs.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • But Seymour threw on a press, flustering the Patriots, who began to turn the ball over.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of flustering
Verb
  • This imbalance is perhaps not expressly disconcerting much of the time.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • There was also some disconcerting history to consider.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of disconcerting
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