ashamed
part of speech
adjective (ashamed, more ashamed, most ashamed)
meaning for a pupil
1) Ashamed means feeling bad and guilty because you did something wrong or something you think is embarrassing. tree →
2) Ashamed of someone means feeling that someone else's behaviour reflects badly on you. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Feeling shame or being disgraced, also in the sense of being let down or put to shame by defeat. In the psalms and prophets, being ashamed is the result of failing, and not being ashamed means being safe and trusted. Interpretation: Tradition reads the verse about Adam and Eve as showing their innocence before the first sin. It reads Isaiah's "thou shalt not be ashamed" as God's comfort to Israel, and the psalm as a hope that enemies of Zion will be defeated. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and personal and social lessons, children learn that feeling ashamed after a mistake can help us say sorry and do better, but people should never be made ashamed of who they are — their family, body, skin, accent or being adopted. In stories, a character who is ashamed often hides the truth until they find courage to admit it. Phrases: ashamed of, ashamed to, feel ashamed, nothing to be ashamed of.
examples
- And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (Torah GEN.2.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.54.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. (Writings 1CH.19.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion. (Writings PSA.129.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- I was ashamed of myself for shouting at my sister. tree →
- He felt ashamed after he lied to his teacher. tree →
- There's nothing to be ashamed of — everyone makes mistakes. tree →
- She was too ashamed to tell anyone she had lost the money. tree →
- Never be ashamed of your family. tree →
- You should be ashamed of that behaviour! tree →
- I am ashamed to meet all these people. tree →
note
Used after a verb: «I am ashamed», not «an ashamed boy». Followed by «of» + noun or -ing, or «to» + verb. Similar: embarrassed (uncomfortable, often about something silly, not necessarily wrong). Noun: shame.
In the corpora
- And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed.
- And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.
- Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.
- And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ashamed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.