ashamed
uh-SHAYMD/əˈʃeɪmd/
- 1Feeling bad or guilty about something you did wrong.
Like wanting to hide your face after everyone saw you do something wrong.
She felt ashamed after lying to her best friend.
He was too ashamed to admit that he had broken the window.
Similarembarrassed, guilty, sheepish, mortified, remorseful
Oppositeproud, unashamed, shameless
Note
- 2Simple past and past participle of ashame. This old verb, meaning to shame someone, is no longer used.
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Origin
From Old English āsċamod, based on a word meaning "to be ashamed." It comes from a- + shame + -ed.