Definitions for ashamed
əˈʃeɪmdashamed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ashamed(p)adjective

   feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

   "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ashamedadjective

   Feeling shame or guilt.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ashamedadjective

   Touched with shame; generally with of before the cause of shame.

   Etymology: from shame.

   Profess publickly the doctrine of Jesus Christ, not being ashamed of the word of God, or of any practices enjoined by it. Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living.

   One wou’d have thought she would have stirr’d; but strove
   With modesty, and was asham’d to move. John Dryden, Fables.

   This I have shadowed, that you may not be ashamed of that hero, whose protection you undertake. John Dryden, Conq. of Gr. Ded.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ashamed

   Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.

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1. ashamed

   Ashamed can be defined as a feeling of guilt, embarrassment, or regret caused by one's own actions, behaviors, or circumstances. It is a sense of discomfort and self-consciousness that arises when we perceive that we have fallen short of our own moral or societal standards.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ashamedadjective

   affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety

2. Etymology: [Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ashamed

   a-shāmd′, adj. affected with shame (with of for the cause of shame; for, the person).—v.t. and v.i. Ashame′, to feel shame: to put to shame.—n. Ashamed′ness.—p.adj. Asham′ing. [Pa.p. of old verb ashame.]

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ashamed' in Adjectives Frequency: #971

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce ashamed?

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   British

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   Australian

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How to say ashamed in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ashamed in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ashamed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ashamed in a Sentence

1. Atul Khare:

   I personally hurt when a few weeks ago I saw the case of a 13-year-old girl ... who was left with a pregnancy. I think I am ashamed to call myself a peacekeeper on some of these days when I see cases like this, we need to find these culprits who bring a bad name to peacekeeping, who actually create problems within the country in which they find themselves, and most importantly who destroy young, innocent lives and we need to punish them in such a manner that nobody else in the future will ever think of doing that.

2. Jennifer Stenglein:

   We’re not forced to pose nude, it’s a choice we make. And that’s our right. As a woman, I have the right to those choices. And Playboy has given me a choice … We were in a controlled space where I was allowed to show what I wanted about my body, what I felt comfortable with. I never once felt uncomfortable or objectified. It always felt we were creating something beautiful. And I do n’t think there’s anything to be ashamed about that … This is my body and this is what I was born with.

3. Rudy Giuliani:

   And for that they should be ashamed of themselves.

4. Eddie Rispone:

   We have nothing to be ashamed of, we have over 700,000 people in Louisiana that really want something better and something different.

5. Horace Mann:

   Be ashamed to die unless you have won some victory for humanity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ashamed
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ashamed
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ashamed
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashamed
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashamed
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ashamed
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ashamed