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Ashamed

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a⋅shamed

  [uh-sheymd]
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–adjective
1. feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace: He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly.
2. unwilling or restrained because of fear of shame, ridicule, or disapproval: They were ashamed to show their work.
3. Chiefly Midland U.S. (esp. of children) bashful; timid.
Origin:
bef. 1000; orig. ptp. of earlier ashame (v.) to be ashamed, ME, OE āscamian, equiv. to ā- a- 3 + scamian to shame

Related forms:
a⋅sham⋅ed⋅ly  [uh-shey-mid-lee] , adverb
a⋅sham⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. Ashamed, humiliated, mortified refer to a condition or feeling of discomfort or embarrassment. Ashamed focuses on the sense of one's own responsibility for an act, whether it is foolish, improper, or immoral: He was ashamed of his dishonesty. She was ashamed of her mistake. Humiliated stresses a feeling of being humbled or disgraced, without any necessary implication of guilt: He was humiliated by the king. Both words are used equally in situations in which one is felt to be responsible for the actions of another: Robert felt humiliated by his daughter's behavior. Mom was ashamed of the way I looked. Mortified represents an intensification of the feelings implied by the other two words: She was mortified by her clumsiness.

Antonyms:
1, 2. proud.
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a·shamed   (ə-shāmd')   
adj.  

  1. Feeling shame or guilt: Are you ashamed for having lied?

  2. Feeling inferior, inadequate, or embarrassed: ashamed of my torn coat.

  3. Reluctant through fear of humiliation or shame: ashamed to ask for help.


[Middle English, from Old English āsceamod, past participle of āsceamian, to feel shame : ā-, intensive pref. + sceamian, to feel shame.]
a·sham'ed·ly (ə-shā'mĭd-lē) adv.
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Word Origin & History

ashamed 
O.E. asceamed, pp. of ascamian "to put to shame," from a- intensive prefix + scamian "to put to shame" (see shame).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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