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ashamed definition

ashamed (ə s̸hāmd′)

adjective

  1. feeling shame because something bad, wrong, or foolish was done
  2. feeling humiliated or embarrassed, as from a sense of inadequacy or inferiority
  3. reluctant because fearing shame beforehand

Etymology: ME < OE asceamod, pp. of ascamian, to be ashamed < a-, a- + scamian < scamu, shame

Related Forms:

  • ashamedly asham′·edly (ə s̸hām′id lē) adverb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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