ashameda‧shamed /əˈʃeɪmd/ ●●○ S3 adjective [not before noun] 
I felt ashamed of the things I’d said to him.be ashamed to do something I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read any of his books.ashamed that She felt ashamed that she had missed her sister’s wedding.deeply/bitterly/thoroughly ashamed Alan was deeply ashamed when he remembered what he’d said. Everyone cries sometimes – it’s nothing to be ashamed of.be/feel ashamed of yourself You should be ashamed of yourself.2feeling uncomfortable because someone does something that embarrasses youashamed of Many children feel ashamed of their parents.ashamed to be/do something Their behaviour makes me ashamed to be British.GRAMMAR: Comparisonashamed• You feel ashamed of something or someone: · She was ashamed of her behaviour.· You should be ashamed of yourself!embarrassed• You feel embarrassed by something or someone: · I was embarrassed by the fact that I knew nothing about cars.· Minna felt embarrassed by her parents.• You feel embarrassed about something: · He was clearly embarrassed about what had happened.THESAURUSashamed [not before noun] feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done, or someone connected with you has done: · You should be ashamed of yourself.· She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.humiliated [not before noun] very ashamed and upset, because someone has made you look weak or stupid, especially in front of other people: · I came out of the class feeling humiliated.mortified /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd $ ˈmɔːr-/ extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally: · She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake.· a mortified expressionshamefaced showing by the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something: · Paul came into my office looking shamefaced and apologized for what he had done.feel guilty (also feel bad especially spoken) to feel worried and unhappy because you know that you have done something wrong. Feel bad is more informal than feel guilty: · He felt guilty about lying to his parents.· I felt bad about letting the team down.lose face to lose people’s respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak or stupid in front of other people: · He feels he’ll lose face if he admits to his staff that he was wrong.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- For a long time I was ashamed of my father and the fact he never finished school.
- I didn't want anyone to know I'd been fired because I felt ashamed.
- I realize now that you were telling the truth, and I'm ashamed that I didn't believe you.
- She really needed me but - I'm ashamed to admit it - I didn't help her.
- She was so ashamed of cheating on the test that she went and told the teacher.
- The knowledge that I had caused him to lose his job made me bitterly ashamed.
- There's nothing to be ashamed about - lots of people have money problems.
- You ought to be ashamed of yourself - coming home drunk like that!
- And finally: If things are done that the enemy would be ashamed to do, there is an advantage.
- For a second, their generosity towards him made me feel ashamed.
- He had felt ashamed the first time he put it on: it brought him back to his ugliness.
- I was ashamed of myself, you see.
- It made him feel that maybe she was ashamed of him.
- It was the booze talking, John understood that, but he still felt baffled and ashamed.
- She felt ashamed of being such a failure.
THESAURUS
[not before noun] feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done, or someone connected with you has done: · You should be ashamed of yourself.· She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.
[not before noun] very ashamed and upset, because someone has made you look weak or stupid, especially in front of other people: · I came out of the class feeling humiliated.
extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally: · She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake.· a mortified expression
showing by the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something: · Paul came into my office looking shamefaced and apologized for what he had done.
(also feel bad especially spoken) to feel worried and unhappy because you know that you have done something wrong. Feel bad is more informal than feel guilty: · He felt guilty about lying to his parents.· I felt bad about letting the team down.
to lose people’s respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak or stupid in front of other people: · He feels he’ll lose face if he admits to his staff that he was wrong.
Longman Language Activatorashamed someone who is ashamed feels very sorry about something they have done or embarrassed by something relating to them, so that they think people may no longer respect them: · I didn't want anyone to know I'd been fired because I felt ashamed.ashamed of: · She was so ashamed of cheating on the test that she went and told the teacher.· For a long time I was ashamed of my father and the fact he never finished school.ashamed about: · There's nothing to be ashamed about - lots of people have money problems.ashamed (that): · I realize now that you were telling the truth, and I'm ashamed that I didn't believe you.ashamed to do something: · She really needed me but - I'm ashamed to admit it - I didn't help her.ashamed of yourself: · You ought to be ashamed of yourself - coming home drunk like that!bitterly/deeply ashamed: · The knowledge that I had caused him to lose his job made me bitterly ashamed.
feeling very ashamed and upset, especially because you have been made to look weak or stupid and you think that no one will respect you: · Ross yelled at me in front of the whole office - I've never been so humiliated in my life!· Many women who have been assaulted feel too frightened and humiliated to report their ordeal.
to be so ashamed about something you have done to someone that you find it difficult to be with them or talk to them: · I'm so embarrassed - I'll never be able to look her in the face again.· After the layoffs were announced, I couldn't look any of the people on the shop floor in the face.
showing in the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something and you know you have behaved badly: · He came to my office, shamefaced, to apologize.· A shamefaced spokesperson admitted that mistakes had been made.
to look ashamed: · He bowed his head in shame as the details of his arrest were read out in court.
spoken use this to tell someone that they should feel shame because of something they have done: · Shame on you for lying to your grandmother!
the feeling of being ashamed the feeling that you have when you know that you have behaved badly or that you have lost other people's respect: · She remembered her angry words with a deep sense of shame.· "Please don't tell my dad about this," he said, blushing with shame.shame of: · She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.in shame: · Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame.
when you have completely lost other people's respect because of something bad you have done: · While the father was in jail, the whole family suffered his disgrace.disgrace of: · Garton killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace of a public scandal.in disgrace: · Browne was caught using drugs, and was sent home from the private school in disgrace.
a situation in which you are made to look weak or stupid that makes you ashamed and upset: · Her attackers seemed to take special pleasure in her humiliation.humiliation of: · What really upset me was the humiliation of having to ask her for money.public humiliation: · The Senator's public humiliation is almost punishment enough for what he did.
a situation in which you feel that you have no pride or self-respect, because people treat you as if you were completely unimportant: · He suffered insult and indignity in silence.· Being accused of theft was just one of the indignities I suffered under my last employer.indignity of: · I had to endure the indignity of being strip-searched for drugs.
to lose other people's respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak, immoral, or stupid: · The leaders need to find a way of compromising without losing face among their supporters.· Rather than giving in and losing face, she carried on her needless quarrel with her father.
a strong feeling of being hated by society and being ashamed because of your situation or your actions: · Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.stigma of: · At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.a stigma attached to something: · In many countries there is still a strong social stigma attached to homosexuality.
to make someone feel ashamed · At first the neighbor's generosity made her feel ashamed.· What I saw in the schools made me ashamed of my views - it was clear to me that most students really want to learn.
to make someone feel ashamed: · People with leprosy were shamed and driven out of their communities.shame somebody into (doing) something: · Many people have been shamed into silence when it comes to discussing their sex lives.it shames somebody to do something: · It shamed her to realize how long she had been involved with Claude.
to make someone feel very ashamed and upset, especially by making them look weak or stupid: · Why do you always have to humiliate me in front of your friends?· The invading army took every opportunity to humiliate the local peasants.
if you disgrace yourself or disgrace your family, your school etc, you behave very badly so that other people lose respect for you or for your family or school: · She didn't tell anyone that she was pregnant for fear of disgracing her family.· My grandmother thought I was disgracing myself, following Tim around like a love-sick puppy.
to make people lose respect for yourself, your family, country etc because you have behaved badly: · The MP was accused of bringing shame and humiliation on the whole party.· The shooting of an innocent man has brought shame on the entire police department.
causing a complete loss of self-respect, especially because you have been made to look weak or stupid: · I had to apologize in front of everyone - it was so humiliating.· Prisoners are subjected to humiliating treatment and frequent beatings.· Anderson suffered a humiliating defeat in the last election.
a situation or way of treating someone that is degrading makes them lose all their self-respect and makes them feel that they are completely worthless: · These poor people live in the most degrading conditions.degrading to: · Many of the remarks were degrading to women and minorities.
not feeling ashamed someone who is shameless or whose behaviour is shameless does not seem to feel ashamed about something that most people would be very ashamed about: · Lewis is shameless in making promises he doesn't intend to keep.· This is just another shameless attempt by the Opposition to gain power at any cost.
not feeling embarrassed or ashamed about something that most people disapprove of or consider silly: · Kendall is a nasty unabashed racist.· "I'd love to go!" she said with unabashed enthusiasm.
not feeling embarrassed or ashamed about something that people might disapprove of: · It's amazing how unashamed people are to discuss their problems on TV.unashamed of/about: · She was raised in a strict Catholic household but seems completely unashamed and relaxed about sex.
behaving in a very confident way that shows that you do not feel shame that you are doing something wrong: · His wife could no longer tolerate his brazen love affairs.· At first they were careful to keep their illegal practices secret, but as time went by, they grew more brazen.
not feeling sorry for behaviour or ashamed of beliefs that most other people disapprove of: · Even after the rape conviction, Thayer remained unrepentant.· Many consider the general an unrepentant and brutal tyrant.
to feel guilty to feel worried and unhappy because you have done something wrong or because you have upset someone: · I felt really guilty after spending all that money.· Are you feeling guilty because you didn't help her?feel guilty about: · Ed felt guilty about leaving work so early.
to feel very guilty and disappointed with yourself because you have done something wrong or behaved in an unpleasant or embarrassing way: · She felt thoroughly ashamed when she remembered how drunk she'd been.be/feel ashamed of: · I feel ashamed of what I did.be/feel ashamed to do something: · I'm ashamed to admit it, but I wasn't really sorry when he died.
especially spoken to feel very sorry because you have upset someone or done something that you should not have done: · We had a long talk about it afterwards and I know she felt bad.feel bad that: · I should have told Helen I was sorry. I feel really bad that I didn't.feel bad about: · I feel bad about what I said. Things haven't been easy for either of us.feel bad about doing something: · I feel bad about not going to Debbie's party, but I've just got too much to do.
to feel that it was your fault that something bad happened: · You mustn't blame yourself. It was an accident. There was nothing you could have done.blame yourself for: · Assistant coach Rex Hughes blamed himself for the team's poor performance.
to feel guilty about something bad that has happened even though you did not cause it, especially when you feel you could have prevented it: · I'm sorry it didn't work out. I feel responsible.feel responsible for: · For a long time afterwards I felt responsible for his death.
to feel guilty for a long time and keep thinking about something bad that you have done: · I suppose I did have a guilty conscience for a while, but not any more.have a guilty conscience about: · Why is she being so nice to everyone all of a sudden? She's obviously got a guilty conscience about something.
if something bad that you have done is on your conscience , you cannot stop feeling guilty and thinking about it: · Even if you didn't get caught, the murder would be on your conscience for the rest of your life.· In the end Martin told his wife about his affair - he just couldn't live with it on his conscience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Alan was deeply ashamed when he remembered what he’d said. Everyone cries sometimes – it’s nothing to be ashamed of.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Alan was deeply ashamed when he remembered what he’d said. Everyone cries sometimes – it’s nothing to be ashamed of.· He was ashamed to admit that he had lied to her.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· All the other literary women he knew were old bags of whom he would be bitterly ashamed.· All the people of Sligo feel bitterly ashamed for what happened.· She was amazed by her own behaviour and between episodes was bitterly ashamed of what was happening to her.· She felt bitterly ashamed of the way she'd fallen into Rohan's arms.
· She rebuked herself, feeling deeply ashamed, for having given way earlier to despair and self-pity.· Immediately afterwards I felt deeply ashamed.· All the girls were deeply ashamed.· She dropped her eyes to the tablecloth, suddenly confused and deeply ashamed of herself.· The worry which most perturbed Winnie was one of which she was deeply ashamed.
· When I happen in, they look so ashamed of their poor clothes.· I felt tremendous guilt the whole time, I felt so ashamed of these terrible thoughts locked inside me.· He had never felt so ashamed.· I've never been so ashamed in my life.· We are so ashamed of ourselves that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business.· I felt so ashamed afterwards, so very ashamed.· But she had been so ashamed.
· On the whole we are too ashamed to use inconvenience as a way of changing behaviour because it seems dishonest and inefficient.· I am too ashamed to speak the secret wish: I want to write.· He's too ashamed to let folks see.· Our buckets and bowls are almost always empty, but we are too ashamed to say anything to each other.
WORD FAMILYnounshameshamefulnessshamelessnessadjectiveashamed ≠ unashamedshamefulshamelessverbshameadverbshamefully ≠ shamelessly
1feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have doneashamed of/at I felt ashamed of the things I’d said to him.be ashamed to do something I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read any of his books.ashamed that She felt ashamed that she had missed her sister’s wedding.deeply/bitterly/thoroughly ashamed Alan was deeply ashamed when he remembered what he’d said. Everyone cries sometimes – it’s nothing to be ashamed of.be/feel ashamed of yourself You should be ashamed of yourself.2feeling uncomfortable because someone does something that embarrasses youashamed of Many children feel ashamed of their parents.ashamed to be/do something Their behaviour makes me ashamed to be British.GRAMMAR: Comparisonashamed• You feel ashamed of something or someone: · She was ashamed of her behaviour.· You should be ashamed of yourself!embarrassed• You feel embarrassed by something or someone: · I was embarrassed by the fact that I knew nothing about cars.· Minna felt embarrassed by her parents.• You feel embarrassed about something: · He was clearly embarrassed about what had happened.THESAURUSashamed [not before noun] feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done, or someone connected with you has done: · You should be ashamed of yourself.· She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.humiliated [not before noun] very ashamed and upset, because someone has made you look weak or stupid, especially in front of other people: · I came out of the class feeling humiliated.mortified /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd $ ˈmɔːr-/ extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally: · She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake.· a mortified expressionshamefaced showing by the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something: · Paul came into my office looking shamefaced and apologized for what he had done.feel guilty (also feel bad especially spoken) to feel worried and unhappy because you know that you have done something wrong. Feel bad is more informal than feel guilty: · He felt guilty about lying to his parents.· I felt bad about letting the team down.lose face to lose people’s respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak or stupid in front of other people: · He feels he’ll lose face if he admits to his staff that he was wrong.