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ashamed
[ uh-sheymd ]
adjective
- feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace:
He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly.
Antonyms: proud
- unwilling or restrained because of fear of shame, ridicule, or disapproval:
They were ashamed to show their work.
Antonyms: proud
- Chiefly Midland U.S. (especially of children) bashful; timid.
ashamed
/ əˈʃeɪmd; əˈʃeɪmɪdlɪ /
adjective
- overcome with shame, guilt, or remorse
- foll by of suffering from feelings of inferiority or shame in relation to (a person, thing, or deed)
- foll by to unwilling through fear of humiliation, shame, etc
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Derived Forms
- ashamedly, adverb
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Other Words From
- a·sham·ed·ly [uh, -, shey, -mid-lee], adverb
- a·shamed·ness noun
- half-a·shamed adjective
- half-a·shamed·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ashamed1
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Example Sentences
Sabrine says that despite the private horror of what she was going through, she was too ashamed to tell her family.
And though I knew I should say something, I still felt ashamed.
For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.
Distraught, confused and ashamed, both men broke down in the courtroom, weeping like children and begging for forgiveness.
Indeed, many of the posters are, it seems, feeling ashamed about their actions.
The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.
But she was very much ashamed of you—and so was I; and at last we all sent Captain Lovelock after you to bring you back.
A certain great authority once said that if he had made it he would have been ashamed of it.
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