Ashamed Meaning
/əˈʃeɪmd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFeeling shame or guilt.
verbsimple past and past participle of ashame
Sentence Examples
Aren't you ashamed to talk like that?
You ought to be ashamed.
She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After lying to his mother, the young boy felt deeply ____ and avoided her gaze.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt very ____ of his bad behavior at the party the night before.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After lying to his mother, the young boy felt deeply ____ and avoided her gaze.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt very ____ of his bad behavior at the party the night before.