ashamed

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈʃeɪmd/

Definition of ashamed

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Feeling shame or guilt.
    “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.”
    “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
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adj

  1. Feeling shame or guilt.
    “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.”
    “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of ashame

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Etymology

From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed.

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