Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ashamed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. --Jer. xvii.
13.
I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. --Johnson.
Enough to make us ashamed of our species. --Macaulay.
An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of
those present. --Darwin.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ashamed
adj : used of persons; feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or
remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt
ashamed of my torn coat" [syn: {ashamed(p)}] [ant: {unashamed}]
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