as in guilty
suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
was ashamed that she had lied to the interviewer wearing a very ashamed look
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Recent Examples of ashamed
Rather than intervene on the distressed woman’s behalf, everyone else avoids eye contact, keeping their faces glued to their phones — including our ashamed hero, who’s about to get a call that will put him face to face with the possibility of fatherhood himself.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Any university communications personnel involved in creating or approving the message should be ashamed of themselves.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
Many people feel out of control with their own social media habits, leaving them feeling ashamed and unable to regulate their children’s usage.
—Maggie Anders, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Any university communications personnel involved in creating or approving the message should be ashamed of themselves.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
Many people feel out of control with their own social media habits, leaving them feeling ashamed and unable to regulate their children’s usage.
—Maggie Anders, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashamed
guilty
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Peavey previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon and the special allegation of personal infliction of great bodily injury.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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Lawrence, who was arrested April 13 and charged April 14, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Ashamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashamed. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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