ashamed

adj.

1. Feeling shame or guilt: Are you ashamed for having lied?
2. Feeling inferior, inadequate, or embarrassed: ashamed of my torn coat.
3. Reluctant through fear of humiliation or shame: ashamed to ask for help.

[Middle English, from Old English āsceamod, past participle of āsceamian, to feel shame : ā-, intensive pref. + sceamian, to feel shame.]

ashamedly a·sham'ed·ly (ə-shā'mĭd-lē) adv.

adj

Definition: regretting, remorseful
Antonyms: bold, defiant, immodest, not sorry, shameless, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious

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IN BRIEF: Feeling guilt or embarrassment or remorse.

Sally was ashamed about stealing the candy bar.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used of persons; feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
  Antonym: unashamed (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skamfuld, forlegen, pinlig berørt

Nederlands (Dutch)
beschaamd, verlegen

Français (French)
adj. - honteux, confus

Deutsch (German)
adj. - beschämt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που ντρέπεται, ντροπιασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
vergognoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - envergonhado, humilhado

Русский (Russian)
пристыженный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - avergonzado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skamsen, generad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
惭愧的, 羞耻的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 慚愧的, 羞恥的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부끄러워하여

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恥じて, …するのが恥ずかしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خجل, خجلان, مستح من‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתבייש, נכלם‬

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