Feel+ashamed

  • 1feel small — feel humiliated, feel ashamed; feel petty or small minded; feel insignificant …

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  • 2ashamed — a|shamed [ ə ʃeımd ] adjective ** feeling guilty or embarrassed because you have done something wrong, or think that you have not reached a standard that people expect: I regret the incident and am deeply ashamed and embarrassed. ashamed of: He s …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3ashamed — a|shamed S3 [əˈʃeımd] adj [not before noun] 1.) feeling embarrassed and guilty because of something you have done ashamed of/at ▪ I felt ashamed of the things I d said to him. be ashamed to do sth ▪ I m ashamed to admit that I ve never read any… …

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  • 4feel small — To feel insignificant, cheap, ashamed, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑small * * * feel/look/small phrase to feel or look ashamed or unimportant, especially because of something that someone has said or done He’s the sort of person who enjoys making other …

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  • 5ashamed - embarrassed — ◊ ashamed If you are ashamed, you feel guilty because you believe you have done something wrong or unacceptable. She had behaved badly and was ashamed. They were ashamed to tell their people how they had been cheated. You say that someone is… …

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  • 6feel bad (about something) — phrase to feel guilty or unhappy about something Tim felt bad about leaving without saying goodbye. Thesaurus: to be, or to become ashamed or embarrassedsynonym Main entry: bad …

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  • 7ashamed — O.E. asceamed feeling shame, filled with shame, pp. of ascamian to feel shame, from a intensive prefix + scamian to put to shame (see SHAME (Cf. shame) (v.)). The verb is obsolete, but the pp. lives on. Meaning reluctant through fear of shame is… …

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  • 8ashamed — [[t]əʃe͟ɪmd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, usu ADJ of/about n, ADJ that If someone is ashamed, they feel embarrassed or guilty because of something they do or they have done, or because of their appearance. I felt incredibly ashamed of myself… …

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  • 9ashamed — adjective (not before noun) 1 feeling shame because of something you have done: be ashamed of doing sth: I was ashamed of having lied to my mother. | be ashamed that: Barry was ashamed that he had lost his temper. | You ought to be ashamed (of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10ashamed — adj. (usu. predic.) 1 (often foll. by of (= with regard to), for (= on account of), or to + infin.) embarrassed or disconcerted by shame (ashamed of his aunt; ashamed of having lied; ashamed for you; ashamed to be seen with him). 2 (foll. by to + …

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