embarrassed; troubled by guilty feelings
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Ashamed Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAffected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
ashamed
\a*shamed"\ (&?;), a. [orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t.] affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "i am ashamed to beg." all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. xvii. 13. i began to be ashamed of sitting idle. enough to make us ashamed of our species. an ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present.
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.
Adjective
1. used of persons; feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat"
(synonym) ashamed(p)
(antonym) unashamed
(similar) discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed
(see-also) penitent, repentant
Ashamed Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Shame is, variously, an affect, emotion, cognition, state, or condition. The roots of the word shame are thought to derive from an older word meaning "to cover"; as such, covering oneself, literally or figuratively, is a natural expression of shame.
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Ashamed Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
kafus-, kafusik
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Ashamed Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The backs of the fingers of the right hand, held in the right angle position are placed against the right cheek. The hand moves up along the cheek, pivoting at the wrist, so that the fingers finally point to the rear.
