ashamed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /əˈʃeɪmd/
Etymology
From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed.
Meanings
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(of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.
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 ſufficiently, / Where I ſhall ſee her once again.
1618, John Fletcher, “The Loyal Subject”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, London: J. Macock, published 1679, act V, scene vi, page 279:Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
1859, Horace Mann, Address at Antioch College: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 298, verso:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most ashamed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more ashamed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
ashamedness · ashamedly · unashamed
Synonyms
Translations (62)
br mezhek (feeling shame or guilt) · nv baa yánízin (feeling shame or guilt) · fr honteux (feeling shame or guilt) · ja 恥ずかしい (feeling shame or guilt) · eo honta (feeling shame or guilt) · la pudefactus (feeling shame or guilt) · el επονείδιστος (feeling shame or guilt) · fa سرافکنده (feeling shame or guilt) · eo hontema (feeling shame or guilt) · es avergonzado (feeling shame or guilt) · mr लज्जित (feeling shame or guilt) · pt avergonhado (feeling shame or guilt) · hu szégyell (feeling shame or guilt) · fa شرمنده (feeling shame or guilt) · de beschämt (feeling shame or guilt) · win hirošik (feeling shame or guilt) · ajp خجلان (feeling shame or guilt) · grc αἰδέομαι (feeling shame or guilt) · ar خَجُول (feeling shame or guilt) · fi nolostunut (feeling shame or guilt) · es abochornado (feeling shame or guilt) · hi शर्मिंदा (feeling shame or guilt) · sh pòsrāmljen (feeling shame or guilt) · nn skamfull (feeling shame or guilt) · be прысаро́млены (feeling shame or guilt) · io shamanta (feeling shame or guilt) · ru со́вестно (feeling shame or guilt) · ar خَجْلَان (feeling shame or guilt) · ca avergonyit (feeling shame or guilt) · da skamfuld (feeling shame or guilt) · ka შერცხვენილი (feeling shame or guilt) · hu szégyenkezik (feeling shame or guilt) · grc αἰσχῡ́νομαι (feeling shame or guilt) · ga náirithe (feeling shame or guilt) · cmn 慚愧 /惭愧 (feeling shame or guilt) · nb skamfull (feeling shame or guilt) · ru сты́дно (feeling shame or guilt) · sv skamsen (feeling shame or guilt) · pt envergonhado (feeling shame or guilt) · mi aniu (feeling shame or guilt) · cs zahanbený (feeling shame or guilt) · tet moe (feeling shame or guilt) · cmn 羞愧 (feeling shame or guilt) · arz مكسوف (feeling shame or guilt) · ru присты́женный (feeling shame or guilt) · es apenado (feeling shame or guilt) · ota محجوب (feeling shame or guilt) · kmr şermezar (feeling shame or guilt) · ga is náir leat (feeling shame or guilt) · ro rușinat (feeling shame or guilt) · fi häpeissään (feeling shame or guilt) · sh pòstīđen (feeling shame or guilt) · unm mixanësi (feeling shame or guilt) · ga náire a bheith ort (feeling shame or guilt) · fa خجالتزده (feeling shame or guilt) · uk присоро́млений (feeling shame or guilt) · kmr rûreş (feeling shame or guilt) · ka დარცხვენილი (feeling shame or guilt) · nl beschaamd (feeling shame or guilt) · el αισχρός (feeling shame or guilt) · bg засрамен (feeling shame or guilt) · pl zawstydzony (feeling shame or guilt)