ashamed

/ə'ʃeimd/

Thân thiện

She felt ashamed after breaking her mother's favorite vase.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling shame, guilt, embarrassment, or remorse: The primary meaning describes the painful feeling of humiliation, distress, or regret caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior, or by something that wounds one's pride or self-respect.

Usage

The adjective "ashamed" is used to describe a person's emotional state. It is typically used predicatively (after a linking verb like be, feel, seem) and is often followed by a prepositional phrase starting with "of" or an infinitive phrase starting with "to." - ashamed of [something/someone]: Feeling shame related to a specific thing, action, person, or characteristic. - ashamed to [do something]: Feeling shame that prevents one from doing something or is associated with a potential action. - ashamed that [clause]: Feeling shame about a fact or situation.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "to be ashamed of oneself": To feel shame about one's own actions or character.
  • You should be ashamed of yourself for speaking like that.
• "nothing to be ashamed of": Used to reassure someone that their situation or action is not shameful.
  • Asking for help is nothing to be ashamed of.

Variants and Related Words

• Ashamedly (adverb): In an ashamed manner.
  • He looked down ashamedly.
• Unashamed (adjective): Not feeling ashamed, especially when others might expect one to.
  • She is unashamed of her unconventional lifestyle.

Synonyms

• Embarrassed: Feeling self-conscious and ill at ease.
• Mortified: Extremely embarrassed or ashamed.
• Remorseful: Filled with deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
• Humiliated: Made to feel ashamed and foolish by injury to one's dignity.

Antonyms

• Proud: Feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction.
• Unabashed: Not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Related Phrases

• "hide one's face in shame": To be so ashamed that one wants to disappear or not be seen. (This is an idiom; "ashamed" itself is not a phrasal verb.)
• "bow one's head in shame": To lower one's head because of feeling ashamed.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
   • are you ashamed for having lied?
   • felt ashamed of my torn coat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ashamed