ashamed
11ashamed */*/ — UK [əˈʃeɪmd] / US adjective feeling guilty or embarrassed because you have done something wrong, or think that you have not reached a standard that people expect I regret the incident and am deeply ashamed and embarrassed. ashamed of: He s… …
12ashamed — adjective (not before noun) 1 feeling shame because of something you have done: be ashamed of doing sth: I was ashamed of having lied to my mother. | be ashamed that: Barry was ashamed that he had lost his temper. | You ought to be ashamed (of… …
13ashamed — ashamedly /euh shay mid lee/, adv. ashamedness, n. /euh shaymd /, adj. 1. feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace: He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly. 2. unwilling or restrained because of …
14ashamed — [[t]əʃe͟ɪmd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, usu ADJ of/about n, ADJ that If someone is ashamed, they feel embarrassed or guilty because of something they do or they have done, or because of their appearance. I felt incredibly ashamed of myself… …
15ashamed — /əˈʃeɪmd / (say uh shaymd) adjective 1. feeling shame; abashed by guilt. 2. unwilling or restrained through fear of shame: ashamed to speak. –phrase 3. ashamed of, a. feeling guilty about: ashamed of his action; you should be ashamed of yourself …
16ashamed — adj. (usu. predic.) 1 (often foll. by of (= with regard to), for (= on account of), or to + infin.) embarrassed or disconcerted by shame (ashamed of his aunt; ashamed of having lied; ashamed for you; ashamed to be seen with him). 2 (foll. by to + …
17ashamed — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ make sb ▪ His foul mouthed way of speaking made me ashamed of him. ADVERB …
18ashamed — [əˈʃeɪmd] adj feeling guilty or embarrassed about something that you have done He s extremely ashamed of his behaviour last night.[/ex] • ashamed of sb disappointed and upset by someone else s behaviour[/ex] I m ashamed of you lying to your… …
19ashamed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abashed, embarrassed, mortified. See regret, humility.Ant., proud. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. embarrassed, shamed, chagrined, humiliated, mortified, abashed, discomfited, regretful, contrite,… …
20ashamed — [OE] Ashamed is an Old English compound, formed ultimately from the noun scamu ‘shame’. The verb derived from this, scamian, meant ‘feel shame’ as well as (as in modern English) ‘put to shame’, and in this sense the intensive prefix ā was added… …
