ashamed
/əˈʃeɪmd/
ashamed adjective: feeling shame or guilt. Also the simple past and past participle of ashame.
Adjective
ashamed (comparative more ashamed, superlative most ashamed)
- Feeling shame or guilt.
- They ſhal be turned backe : they ſhal be greatly aſhamed, that truſt in grauẽ images, and ſay to the molten images, Ye are our gods.1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Isaiah XLII:17, folio...
- Good Sir pardon me, / I feel ſufficiently my follies penance, / And am aſham’d, that ſhame a thouſand ſorrows / Feed on continually, would I had never ſeen her, / Or with a clearer judgement look’d upon her, / She was too good for me, ſo heavenly good Sir, / Nothing but Heaven can love that ſoul...1618, John Fletcher, “The Loyal Subject”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, London: J. Macock, published 1679, act V, scene vi, page 279
- Synonyms:
- abashed
Also used as
ashamed is also the simple past and past participle of ashame.
ashamed meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Persian
ashamed in Hindi
- feeling shame or guilt
- शर्मिंदा śarmindā
ashamed in Marathi
- feeling shame or guilt
- लज्जित lajjit
ashamed in Arabic
- feeling shame or guilt
- خَجْلَان ḵajlān, خَجُول ḵajūl
ashamed in Persian
- feeling shame or guilt
- خجالتزده xejâlat-zade, سرافکنده sar-afkande, شرمنده šarmande
Examples of ashamed in a sentence
- Though over six feet tall, the man was very small and ashamed to undress.
- The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.
- Feel not ashamed, if you can afford only PnP versions of certain games.
Synonyms of ashamed
Antonyms
Forms of ashamed
| comparative | more ashamed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ashamed |
Origin of ashamed
From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed.
Words formed from ashamed
Phrases with ashamed
Questions about ashamed
- What does ashamed mean?
- Ashamed means feeling shame or guilt.
- What is ashamed in Hindi?
- Ashamed in Hindi is शर्मिंदा (śarmindā). See Ashamed meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ashamed?
- Ashamed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ashamed?
- Ashamed is pronounced /əˈʃeɪmd/.
Words near ashamed in the dictionary
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