ashamed B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /əˈʃeɪmd/ See IPA manual Freq #2021 Meanings 1 adj Feeling embarrassed or guilty about something you have done. He was ashamed of the way he had behaved. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · feeling embarrassed or... embarrassed ↔ Opposites proud Word family Forms unashamed Etymology AI details From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed. ashamed Middle English āsċamod Old English āsċamian Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ashamed **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈʃeɪmd/ **Frequency rank:** 2021 ## Meanings 1. Feeling embarrassed or guilty about something you have done. ## Examples - He was ashamed of the way he had behaved. ## Antonyms - proud ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ashamed - Root: āsċamod - Root: āsċamian ## Etymology From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed. ## AI Etymology Ashamed is from Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- plus shame plus -ed. The -ed ending gives the form participial force, so the adjective describes something marked by, affected by, or supplied with equivalent to a-. In use as an adjective, ashamed denotes feeling embarrassed or guilty about something you have done. Typical contexts include “He was ashamed of the way he had behaved”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown