[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.
▪ 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!
▪ 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.







