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Ashamed Definition And Meaning
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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\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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