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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.
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All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. --Jer. xvii.
13.
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I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. --Johnson.
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Enough to make us ashamed of our species. --Macaulay.
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An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of
those present. --Darwin.
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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.
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