ashamed 
ashamed (ə s̸hāmd′)
ashamed
modif.
ashamed implies embarrassment, and sometimes guilt, felt because of one's own or another's wrong or foolish behavior ashamed of his tears; humiliated implies a sense of being humbled or disgraced humiliated by my failure; mortified suggests humiliation so great as to seem almost fatal to one's pride or self-esteem she was mortified by his rude behavior in front of her family; chagrined suggests embarrassment coupled usually with regret over what might have been prevented chagrined at her error
Preposition: of
- gospel: We're tempted to be ashamed of the gospel.
- yourselves: Deep Cover, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
- testimony: In verse 8 he says, " Don't be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord.
- fact: They become ashamed of the fact that they can't control their finances.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- feel: I have to say I felt a bit ashamed of myself.
Infinitive complement
- admit: Don't feel ashamed to admit the way you feel.
- testify: Paul tells Timothy do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner.
- confess: I'm ashamed to confess I don't know much about the Joffe Bill.
- say: I'm not ashamed to say ' Most Haunted ' .
- appear: The poorest creditable person of either sex would be ashamed to appear in public without them " .
- speak: A fair prospect we have of a flourishing Society, such as shall not be ashamed to speak with their enemies in the gate.
Modifying Another Word
- deeply: At least he was prepared to admit he was " deeply ashamed " .
- thoroughly: All are now thoroughly ashamed of their former behavior.
- utterly: Jill snaps and storms out, utterly ashamed of the lot of them.
- somewhat: Both Boswell and Hawkins had dipped into Johnson's diaries without his permission; no doubt each felt somewhat ashamed of such sneaky behavior.
- slightly: I also -- and I'm slightly ashamed to admit it -- don't read anything more than twenty years old.
- rather: People were never willing to discuss details of these quarrels in cold blood afterward - they were always rather ashamed of them.
Used with adjective complement
I am deeplyashamed at my failure to serve His Majesty.
Don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my Lady Fadler and Sir Francis: nor go to Hyde-Park together the first Sunday in a new chariot, to provoke eyes and whispers, and then never be seen there together again; as if we were proud of one another the first week, and ashamed of one another ever after Let usbe verystrangeandwell-bred: Let usbe asstrangeasif wehad beenmarried a great while, and aswell-bred as if we were not married at all.
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof.
You can't figure him out like a fact, because to Reagan themainfact was avision He came fromtheheartland of the country, where people could be down-to-earth yet feel that the sky is the limitönot ashamed of, or cynical about, the American dream.
Unmoved though witlings sneer and rivals rail; Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.
Amanisseldomashamedoffeeling that hecannot lovea woman so well when he sees a certain greatness in her: nature having intended greatness for men.
Whena stupid manisdoing something heisashamedof, he always declares that it is his duty.
Browse dictionary entries near ashamed
Print this Page
Suggestion Box
Send to Friend
