■ adjective feeling embarrassed or guilty: she felt ~ that she had hit him.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
Origin
OE āscamod , past participle of āscamian 'feel shame', from ā- (as an intensifier) + shame .
■ adjective feeling embarrassed or guilty: she felt ~ that she had hit him.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
Origin
OE āscamod , past participle of āscamian 'feel shame', from ā- (as an intensifier) + shame .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004