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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. John Wayne:

   I don't want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.

2. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

3. Rich Azzopardi:

   Memorial Day is Monday -- flags will be flown at halfstaff in honor of those frontline workers who paid the ultimate price while fighting this pandemic on Sunday, both are somber days and their memories deserve better than to be politicized by a bunch of craven partisans. They should be ashamed.

4. Ana Navarro:

   I think you can separate feeling proud of America, feeling proud of being an American, feeling proud of the exceptionalism and resilience of this country and feeling really ashamed and embarrassed and horrified by the American government right now, so, yes, yes, dammit, I am ashamed of it, but I will never stop being proud of being an American.

5. Asha Singh:

   Why should I hide her name? Why should I be ashamed of it? those who committed that heinous crime on her should feel ashamed. The makers of this administrative system should feel ashamed.

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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