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be ashamed

be ashamed verb: to feel ashamed. (This entry is a translation hub.).

Verb

be ashamed (third-person singular simple present is ashamed, present participle being ashamed, simple past was ashamed, past participle been ashamed)

  1. To feel ashamed. (This entry is a translation hub.)

be ashamed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

be ashamed in Hindi

feel ashamed
लजाना lajānā

be ashamed in Tamil

to be ashamed
மறு maṟu

be ashamed in Telugu

to be ashamed
తలవంచుకొను talavañcukonu

be ashamed in Malayalam

be ashamed, be defeated
തലതാഴുക talatāḻuka
to be ashamed, to feel embarrassed
ചമ്മുക cammuka
to be ashamed
കൂസുക kūsuka
More languagesFewer languages
be ashamed in Gujarati
લાજવું lājvũ
be ashamed in Odia
ଚପିବା capibā
be ashamed in Sanskrit
लज्ज् lajj, ह्री hrī, जिह्रेति jihréti, त्रप् trap
be ashamed in Arabic
اِسْتَحَى istaḥā

Forms of be ashamed

third-person singular presentis ashamed
present participlebeing ashamed
pastwas ashamed
past participlebeen ashamed

Questions about be ashamed

What does be ashamed mean?
Be ashamed means to feel ashamed. (This entry is a translation hub.).
What is be ashamed in Hindi?
Be ashamed in Hindi is लजाना (lajānā). See Be ashamed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is be ashamed?
Be ashamed is a verb.
What is the past tense of be ashamed?
The past tense of be ashamed is was ashamed.

Words near be ashamed in the dictionary

  1. be ages with
  2. be all about
  3. be along
  4. be another thing
  5. be around
  6. be ashamed
  7. be at the plague
  8. be awake
  9. be based on
  10. be big on
  11. be bored

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: be ashamed (page history and authors); மறு (Tamil) (page history and authors); తలవంచుకొను (Telugu) (page history and authors); കൂസുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); લાજવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଚପିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); जिह्रेति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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