Definition of ashamed Ashamed

/ʌʃejˈmd/ - [usheymd] - a•shamed

We found 6 definitions of ashamed from 6 different sources.

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What does ashamed mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

ashamed - feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat"
  unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame
  penitent, repentant feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  disgraced, dishonored, discredited, shamed suffering shame
  embarrassed, humiliated, mortified made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
  guilty, hangdog, shamed, shamefaced showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ashamed (a.)
    Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • ashamed
    Feeling shame or guilt.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ashamed
    a-shāmd′, adj. affected with shame (with of for the cause of shame; for, the person).—v.t. and v.i. Ashame′, to feel shame: to put to shame.—n. Ashamed′ness.—p.adj. Asham′ing. [Pa.p. of old verb ashame.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • ashamed
    Never be ashamed to eat your meat.

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