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ashamed

[ uh-sheymd ]

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ashamed¹

First recorded before 1000; originally past participle of earlier ashame (verb) “to be ashamed,” Middle English, Old English ��, equivalent to ��- a prefix + scamian “to shame”; a- ³, shame

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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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"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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"At the moment when Brandi wrote this lyric, she wanted to say, 'Listen, fight for yourself. Be proud of yourself who you are, never be ashamed of who you are, and you will win through.'"

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“Then I felt super isolated. I’m like, where is the middle ground? From that point, I was like, ‘I refuse to be ashamed about this.’”

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