Difference between Abashed and Chagrined

What is the difference between Abashed and Chagrined?

Abashed as a verb is to make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. while Chagrined as a verb is to bother or vex; to mortify.

Abashed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Chagrined

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bother or vex; to mortify.

We hope you now know whether to use Abashed or Chagrined in your sentence.

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