Ashamed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈʃeɪmd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ashamed is an adjective meaning simple past and past participle of ashame.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of ashame.
More Meanings
- (chiefly of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.
Example Sentences
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
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.
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.
Synonyms for ashamed
Depending on context, synonyms include abashed.
Antonyms for ashamed
Common opposites include proud.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shamed, disgraced, humiliated, dishonored, shamefaced, embarrassed.
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