Ashamed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ashamed \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.
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           All that forsake thee shall be ashamed.  --Jer. xvii.
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           I began to be ashamed of sitting idle.   --Johnson.
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           Enough to make us ashamed of our species. --Macaulay.
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           An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of
           those present.                           --Darwin.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ashamed
       adj : used of persons; feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or
             remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt
             ashamed of my torn coat" [syn: {ashamed(p)}] [ant: {unashamed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "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