ashamed

«ashamed» in Mova's school dictionary: feeling bad and guilty because you did something wrong or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• Soft and ashamed, he begs for his shell back.
• Suleiman was ashamed of showing off.
• Now I am ashamed, and it serves me right.»
• "Black sheep" means the family member the others are ashamed of.
• Stealing, killing and lying are things people are ashamed of, so they hide them behind softer words.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ashamed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.