The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ABASHED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ABASHED
- Ace hit hard makes you embarrassed
- Under the blankets, hiding evidence of smoking, looking embarrassed
- Adult beaten and embarrassed
- One remains in bed, being embarrassed
- Disturbed remains in a plot
- Ill at ease, a graduate approaching cast
- One remains between the sheets in a state of embarrassment
- Amateur punched and floored
- A graduate dropped off, embarrassed
- Shamed and criticised after article
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What does ABASHED mean?
ABASHED verb- 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.
- To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
- Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.