All 16 Uses of
abashed
in
War and Peace
- Can I see him?" asked Pierre, awkwardly as usual, but unabashed.†
Chpt 1
- Send him to the devil, I'm busy!" he shouted to Lavrushka, who went up to him not in the least abashed.†
Chpt 2
- She never was abashed and is not abashed now, so she cannot be a bad woman!†
Chpt 3 *
- She never was abashed and is not abashed now, so she cannot be a bad woman!†
Chpt 3
- He was pleased at the gratitude he received, but felt abashed at receiving it.†
Chpt 5
- They were not in the least abashed.†
Chpt 5
- I felt abashed and asked whether what he had been saying did not concern me; but he did not reply, gave me a kind look, and then we suddenly found ourselves in my bedroom where there is a double bed.†
Chpt 6
- Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was my chief temptation.†
Chpt 6
- He shook his head incredulously; and even more abashed, I said that though I was living with my wife as he advised, I was not living with her as her husband.†
Chpt 6
- Prince Andrew was watching these men abashed by the Emperor's presence, and the women who were breathlessly longing to be asked to dance.†
Chpt 6
- The presence of Natasha—a woman, a lady, and on horseback—raised the curiosity of the serfs to such a degree that many of them came up to her, stared her in the face, and unabashed by her presence made remarks about her as though she were some prodigy on show and not a human being able to hear or understand what was said about her.†
Chpt 7
- Finding himself in the company of Napoleon, whose identity he had easily and surely recognized, Lavrushka was not in the least abashed but merely did his utmost to gain his new master's favor.†
Chpt 10
- The officer appeared abashed, as though he understood that one might think of how many men would be missing tomorrow but ought not to speak of it.†
Chpt 10
- Mavra Kuzminichna grew abashed and confused.†
Chpt 11
- If they noticed anything remarkable about Pierre, it was only his unabashed, meditative concentration and thoughtfulness, and the way he spoke French, which struck them as surprisingly good.†
Chpt 12
- While Denisov was talking to the esaul, Petya—abashed by Denisov's cold tone and supposing that it was due to the condition of his trousers—furtively tried to pull them down under his greatcoat so that no one should notice it, while maintaining as martial an air as possible.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(abashed) to be embarrassed or self-conscious