| 单词 | ashamed |
| 释义 | ashamed (once / 186 pages) adj When you have done something you know you shouldn't have, or just something embarrassing, you feel ashamed, or remorseful. Don't be ashamed of your unusual dance moves — you were the life of the party! The word ashamed has, in some form, been around since before the 11th Century. You might feel less ashamed of your mistakes if you're able to learn from them. As Jonathan Swift put it, "A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday." WORD FAMILYashamed: ashamedly, unashamed+/unashamed: unashamedly USAGE EXAMPLESShe’s not ashamed of her father’s work, and it helped supplement his firefighter’s income. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) “These public funds, which pay their bills on the backs of taxpayers and public servants, should be ashamed of their craven greed,” Chiang said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 21, 2016) Michael Rapaport: The actor thinks anyone who performs at the inauguration “should be ashamed of themselves.” Time(Dec 21, 2016) adj feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse are you ashamed for having lied? felt ashamed of my torn coat Syn|Ant discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed suffering shame embarrassed, humiliated, mortifiedmade to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride guilty, hangdog, shamed, shamefacedshowing a sense of guilt shamefaced, sheepishshowing a sense of shame penitent, repentantfeeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolentunrestrained by convention or propriety shameless, unblushingfeeling no shame unabashed, unembarrassednot embarrassed impenitent, unremorseful, unrepentantnot penitent or remorseful |
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