abashed
/əˈbæʃt/adjective, verb
abashed is spelled A-B-A-S-H-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, abashed means “Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abashed?
| Letters | 7: A-B-A-S-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abashed?
Abashed appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abashed?
- UK /əˈbæʃt/
Abashed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-abashed.wav, Abashed-en.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abashed
- more abashed comparative
- most abashed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abashed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of abash
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abashed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense embarrassed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | confus, décontenancé |
| German | beschämt, verlegen |
| Portuguese | envergonhado |
| Spanish | avergonzado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.