ashamed
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/əˈʃeɪmd/
Definition of ashamed
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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
-
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
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of ashame
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed.
Words you can make from ashamed
100 playable · top: EMDASH (12 pts)
Best play emdash 12 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
35 words- AHEM 9 pts
- AMAH 9 pts
- HAEM 9 pts
- HAME 9 pts
- HAMS 9 pts
- HEMS 9 pts
- MASH 9 pts
- MESH 9 pts
- SHAM 9 pts
- AHED 8 pts
- DAHS 8 pts
- DASH 8 pts
- EDHS 8 pts
- HADE 8 pts
- HAED 8 pts
- HEAD 8 pts
- SHAD 8 pts
- SHED 8 pts
- AAHS 7 pts
- DAME 7 pts
- DAMS 7 pts
- HAES 7 pts
- MADE 7 pts
- MADS 7 pts
- MEAD 7 pts
- MEDS 7 pts
- SHEA 7 pts
- AMAS 6 pts
- MAES 6 pts
- MASA 6 pts
- MESA 6 pts
- SAME 6 pts
- SEAM 6 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- ASEA 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
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