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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ashamed \A*shamed"\, adjective [Orig. a p. p. of ashame, verb (used with an object)] Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. ''I am ashamed to beg.'' --Wyclif.
All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. --Jer. xvii. 13.
I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. --Johnson.
Enough to make us ashamed of our species. --Macaulay.
An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. --Darwin.
Note: Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ashamed
adjective: used of persons; feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat" [syn: {ashamed(p)}] [ant: {unashamed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "ashamed": abashed, abject, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen, conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, crushed, discomfited, embarrassed, full of remorse, hangdog, humbled, humiliated, mean, mortified, out of countenance, penitent, red-faced, regretful, remorseful, repentant, repining, rueful, self-accusing, self-condemning, self-convicting, self-debasing, self-flagellating, self-humiliating, self-punishing, self-reproaching, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, sheepish, sorry, unhappy about, wistful
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