Standard Lemma guide

ashamed

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /əˈʃeɪmd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 SH EY1 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Feeling shame or guilt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of ashame

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English ashamed, aschamed, from Old English āsċamod, past participle of Old English āsċamian (“to be ashamed”), equivalent to a- + shame + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَجْلَان (ḵajlān) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Arabic: خَجُول (ḵajūl) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Arabic: مكسوف (maksūf) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Arabic: خجلان (ḵajlān) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Belarusian: прысаро́млены (prysarómljeny) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Breton: mezhek — feeling shame or guilt
  • Bulgarian: засрамен (zasramen) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Catalan: avergonyit — feeling shame or guilt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 慚愧 /惭愧 (cánkuì) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羞愧 (xiūkuì) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Czech: zahanbený — feeling shame or guilt
  • Danish: skamfuld — feeling shame or guilt
  • Dutch: beschaamd — feeling shame or guilt
  • Esperanto: honta — feeling shame or guilt
  • Esperanto: hontema — feeling shame or guilt
  • Finnish: häpeissään — feeling shame or guilt
  • Finnish: nolostunut — feeling shame or guilt
  • French: honteux — feeling shame or guilt
  • Georgian: შერცხვენილი (šercxvenili) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Georgian: დარცხვენილი (darcxvenili) — feeling shame or guilt
  • German: beschämt — feeling shame or guilt
  • Greek: αισχρός (aischrós) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Greek: επονείδιστος (eponeídistos) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Ancient Greek: αἰσχῡ́νομαι (aiskhū́nomai) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Ancient Greek: αἰδέομαι (aidéomai) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Hindi: शर्मिंदा (śarmindā) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Hungarian: szégyell — feeling shame or guilt
  • Hungarian: szégyenkezik — feeling shame or guilt
  • Ido: shamanta — feeling shame or guilt
  • Irish: náirithe — feeling shame or guilt
  • Irish: náire a bheith ort — feeling shame or guilt
  • Irish: is náir leat — feeling shame or guilt
  • Japanese: 恥ずかしい (hazukashii) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Northern Kurdish: şermezar — feeling shame or guilt
  • Northern Kurdish: rûreş — feeling shame or guilt
  • Latin: pudefactus — feeling shame or guilt
  • Māori: aniu — feeling shame or guilt
  • Marathi: लज्जित (lajjit) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Navajo: baa yánízin — feeling shame or guilt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skamfull — feeling shame or guilt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skamfull — feeling shame or guilt
  • Persian: خجالتزده (xejâlat-zade) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Persian: سرافکنده (sar-afkande) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Persian: شرمنده (šarmande) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Polish: zawstydzony — feeling shame or guilt
  • Portuguese: envergonhado — feeling shame or guilt
  • Portuguese: avergonhado — feeling shame or guilt
  • Romanian: rușinat — feeling shame or guilt
  • Russian: присты́женный (pristýžennyj) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Russian: сты́дно (stýdno) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Russian: со́вестно (sóvestno) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsrāmljen — feeling shame or guilt
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòstīđen — feeling shame or guilt
  • Spanish: avergonzado — feeling shame or guilt
  • Spanish: abochornado — feeling shame or guilt
  • Spanish: apenado — feeling shame or guilt
  • Swedish: skamsen — feeling shame or guilt
  • Tetum: moe — feeling shame or guilt
  • Ottoman Turkish: محجوب (mahcub) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Ukrainian: присоро́млений (prysorómlenyj) — feeling shame or guilt
  • Unami: mixanësi — feeling shame or guilt
  • Winnebago: hirošik — feeling shame or guilt