- abashed, chagrined, embarrassed - feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
Antonym: composed (indirect, via discomposed)
- embarrass, abash - cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
--1 is one way to upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun abashment1
The bad news will abash him
The good news will abash her