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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.'' --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 1.6 [wn]: ashamed adj : 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}]
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