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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abashed, abject, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen, conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, crushed, discomfited, embarrassed, full of remorse, hangdog, humbled, humiliated, mean, mortified, out of countenance, penitent, red-faced, regretful, remorseful, repentant, repining, rueful, self-accusing, self-condemning, self-convicting, self-debasing, self-flagellating, self-humiliating, self-punishing, self-reproaching, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, sheepish, sorry, unhappy about, wistful

Dictionary Results for ashamed:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

ashamed
    adj 1: feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are
           you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn
           coat" [ant: unashamed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ashamed \A*shamed"\, a. [Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t.]
   Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a
   conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or
   impropriety. "I am ashamed to beg." --Wyclif.
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         All that forsake thee shall be ashamed.  --Jer. xvii.
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         I began to be ashamed of sitting idle.   --Johnson.
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         Enough to make us ashamed of our species. --Macaulay.
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         An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of
         those present.                           --Darwin.
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   Note: Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it
         qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the
         Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated.
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