About The Word Ashamed
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Ashamed
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What's The Definition Of Ashamed?Synonyms | Synonyms for Ashamed: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ashamed: abashed | abject | blushing | chagrined | chapfallen | conscience-smitten | conscience-stricken | contrite | crestfallen | crushed | discomfited | embarrassed | full of remorse | hangdog | humbled | humiliated | mean | mortified | out of countenance | penitent | red-faced | regretful | remorseful | repentant | repining | rueful | self-accusing | self-condemning | self-convicting | self-debasing | self-flagellating | self-humiliating | self-punishing | self-reproaching | shamed | shamefaced | shamefast | shameful | sheepish | sorry | unhappy about | wistful See Also | Ashamed In Webster's Dictionary \A*shamed"\, a. [Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t.]
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a
conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or
impropriety. ``I am ashamed to beg.'' --Wyclif.
All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. --Jer. xvii.
13.
I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. --Johnson.
Enough to make us ashamed of our species. --Macaulay.
An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of
those present. --Darwin.
Note: Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it
qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the
Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated.
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