Cause embarrassment to
The crossword clue "Cause embarrassment to" is answered by ABASH, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABASH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABASH answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABASH
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABASH, most used first.
- Embarrass - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
- Disconcert - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Put to shame - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
- Make ashamed - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring shame to - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Discomfit - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Humiliate - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Shame - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause to blush - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Discompose - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Make red-faced - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruffle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Destroy the self-confidence of - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Make embarrassed - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Confound - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Make uneasy - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Mortify - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Lost cause - GONER, used 45 times
- Cause to chuckle - AMUSE, used 43 times
- "___ Without a Cause" - REBEL, used 24 times
- "It's ___ cause" - ALOST, used 17 times
- Sal of "Rebel Without a Cause" - MINEO, used 17 times
- Embarrassment - SHAME, used 16 times
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