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ashamed

/əˈʃeɪmd/adjective2 syllables

Ashamed means: feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse.

Synonyms for ashamed14

adjective, as in feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed, embarrassed, humiliated, mortified, guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, sheepish, penitent, repentant

also used for ashamed

abashed

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Opposites of ashamed

unashamed

What does ashamed mean?1

adjective

1

feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse“are you ashamed for having lied?”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ashamed?15

one syllable

namedclaimedaimedblamedframedfamedshamedtamed

two syllables

proclaimedacclaimedunnamedrenamedreclaimedinflamedexclaimed
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Ashamed in a sentence

  • Some children feel proud of their parents, while others are ashamed of them.MaryJ
  • You should be ashamed of yourself, you ungrateful brat.Amastan
  • John went home, ashamed and angry at his parents.Amastan
  • When you're told to be ashamed, it's a nice change to be proud.Miktsoanit
  • Are you not ashamed to laugh at her, poor thing!anzart
  • With a grunt, he left the bar upset and ashamed.DuosDragonPolyglot
  • He is not ashamed of his father being poor.CM
  • He felt ashamed of not answering the question.unknown

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