a ‧ shamed S3 /əˈʃeɪmd/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ shame , ↑ shamefulness , ↑ shamelessness ; adjective : ↑ ashamed ≠ ↑ unashamed , ↑ shameful , ↑ shameless ; verb : ↑ shame ; adverb : ↑ shamefully ≠ ↑ shamelessly ]
1 . feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done
ashamed 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.
2 . feeling uncomfortable because someone does something that embarrasses you
ashamed of
Many children feel ashamed of their parents.
ashamed to be/do something
Their behaviour makes me ashamed to be British.
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THESAURUS
▪ ashamed [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.
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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 /ˈmɔːtəfaɪd, ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd $ ˈmɔːr-/ extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally:
She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake.
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a mortified expression
▪ shamefaced 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.
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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.