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Shamed

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Adjective

1. guilty, hangdog, shamed, shamefaced

showing a sense of guilt

Example Sentences:
'a guilty look'
'the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy'

2. discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed

suffering shame

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shamed

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noun
1. 
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of having done something dishonourable, unworthy, degrading, etc
2. 
capacity to feel such an emotion
3. 
ignominy or disgrace
4. 
a person or thing that causes this
5. 
an occasion for regret, disappointment, etc
it's a shame you can't come with us
6.  put to shame
exclamation
7. South Africa informal
a. 
an expression of sympathy
b. 
an expression of pleasure or endearment
verb (transitive)
8. 
to cause to feel shame
9. 
to bring shame on; disgrace
10. (often foll by into)
to compel through a sense of shame
he shamed her into making an apology
11.  name and shame

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Shamed

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noun
1. 
a painful feeling of having lost the respect of others because of the improper behavior, incompetence, etc. of oneself or of someone that one is close to or associated with
2. 
a tendency to have feelings of this kind, or a capacity for such feeling
3. 
dishonor or disgrace
to bring shame to one's family
4. 
a person or thing that brings shame, dishonor, or disgrace
5. 
something regrettable, unfortunate, or outrageous
it's a shame that he wasn't told
verb transitiveWord forms: shamed or ˈshaming
6. 
to cause to feel shame; make ashamed
7. 
to dishonor or disgrace
8. 
to drive, force, or impel by a sense of shame
shamed into apologizing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Shamed

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n.
1.
a. A painful emotion caused by the belief that one is, or is perceived by others to be, inferior or unworthy of affection or respect because of one's actions, thoughts, circumstances, or experiences: felt shame for having dropped out of school.
b. Respect for propriety or morality: Have you no shame?
2.
a. A condition of disgrace or dishonor; ignominy: an act that brought shame on the whole family.
b. A regrettable or unfortunate situation: "It was a shame how the place had fallen apart, with tall scorched grass and sagging gutters" (Tom Drury).
c. One that brings dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation: "I would ... Forget the shames that you have stained me with" (Shakespeare).
tr.v. shamed, sham·ing, shames
1.
a. To cause to feel shame: "expletives that would have shamed a stevedore" (Jeffrey Tayler).
b. To cause to feel ashamed to the point of doing something: I was shamed into making an apology.
2.
a. To bring dishonor or disgrace on: behavior that shamed him in the eyes of the community.
b. To disgrace by surpassing: wanted revenge because a rival had shamed him in the previous race.

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