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   A·shamed

   /əˈSHāmd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations: "you should be ashamed of yourself" Similar sorryshamefacedabashedsheepishguiltyconscience-strickenguilt-riddencontriteremorsefulrepentantpenitenthangdogregretfulruefulapologeticembarrassedmortifiedred-facedchagrinedhumiliateduncomfortablediscomfiteddistressedin sackcloth and ashesinformal:with one's tail between one's legsrare:compunctiousblush to think ofOpposite proudunabashed
   • ▪ reluctant to do something through fear of embarrassment or humiliation: "I'm ashamed to say I followed him home" Similar reluctantloathunwillingdisinclinedhesitantindisposedslowafraidaverseOpposite pleased

   Word Origin Old Englishāscamod, past participle of āscamian ‘feel shame’, from ā- (as an intensifier) + the verb shame.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ashamedly adverb

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   What does ashamed mean in English?

   • The word ashamed is an adjective to mean feeling shame. It is also the past tense of the verb to ashame. What does age thou are ashamed mean? "thou" is old English for "you". I would say that it means the age at which you are ashamed to admit how old you are.

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   What is the difference between ashamed and humiliated?

   • Ashamed focuses on the sense of one's own responsibility for an act, whether it is foolish, improper, or immoral: He was ashamed of his dishonesty. She was ashamed of her mistake. Humiliated stresses a feeling of being humbled or disgraced, without any necessary implication of guilt: He was humiliated by the king.

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   Do you have anything to be ashamed of?

   • You have nothing to be ashamed of. [ + to infinitive ] She was ashamed to ask her brother for money. Being quiet about the subject doesn't do anybody any good, and there's nothing to be ashamed of. And yet society has also taught her that she should be ashamed to judge people in this way.

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   What is an example of being ashamed?

   • For example, we might become ashamed that we feel angry, or angry that we feel sad. And so, exhausted, held hostage, ashamed and guilty, the mom finally makes the call. He was so disappointed and ashamed, he wept when he got home that day. Most of you reading this should be ashamed, apparently. I haven't done anything to be ashamed of.

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   When you have done something you know you shouldn't have, or just something embarrassing, you feel ashamed, or remorseful. Don't be ashamed of your unusual dance moves — you were the life of the party! The word ashamed has, in some form, been around since before the 11th Century.

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