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adjective

Definition of shamednext
as in guilty
suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing the shamed look of someone who knows that he is being given credit he doesn't deserve

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shamed

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verb

past tense of shame
as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement

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“Shamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamed. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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