Word: abashment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
bash
ment
Definition: The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
Morphemes:
Affix: abash
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
Meaning: out of
Affix: bado
Language: la
Decoded: bado
Meaning: I gape, yawn
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.