/əˈʃeɪmd/
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Translation
Feeling bad about something wrong or silly that you did.
Word origin
From Old English ascamian, to feel shame, built from a strengthening prefix and scamu, shame. It has always been an adjective about the feeling, not the act.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- ascamian
- English cognates
- shame, shameful
Examples
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You are "ashamed of" the thing you did wrong.
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"Ashamed to say" softens bad news about yourself.
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Here "ashamed" is the hot, unhappy feeling of being seen.
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