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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:
- unwilling or restrained because of fear of shame, ridicule, or disapproval:
They were ashamed to show their work.
Antonyms:
- 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 Word Forms
- ··· [uh, -, shey, -mid-lee], adverb
- ·Ļ·Ա noun
- -· adjective
- -·Ļ· adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ashamed1
Old English ǻ, past participle of to shame, from scamu shame
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Synonym Study
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.
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Fathers stare at the ground, ashamed to be unable to provide for their families.
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"I've learnt that there is nothing to be ashamed of because hoarding isn't the problem," Sue said.
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"When I think of all the things this money could have been used to do, I honestly feel ashamed."
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"Day should feel ashamed for trying to spin this as a political conspiracy."
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"It's a lack of integrity, class, and they should be ashamed."
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