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   ashamed

   /əˈʃeɪmd/

   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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