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ashamed Listen to audioˈʃeɪmd/ adjective
not used before a noun
[more ashamed; most ashamed] 1 : feeling shame or guilt
She was ashamed that she hit her brother. = She felt ashamed for/about hitting her brother. You ought to be ashamed!often + of You ought to be ashamed of yourself! He was deeply ashamed of his behavior at the company party. I'm not ashamed of what I did. There's nothing to be ashamed of. I can't believe that you behaved so rudely. I'm ashamed of you!
2 : not wanting to do something because of shame or embarrassment
I can't believe that you behaved so rudely. I'm ashamed to be seen with you! We were too ashamed to go back to school. [=we didn't go back to school because we were too embarrassed] I'm ashamed [=embarrassed] to admit it, but I still don't know how to ride a bicycle. = I'm ashamed to say I still don't know how to ride a bicycle.

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