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{
"term": "ashamed",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "feeling shame or feeling embarrassed about somebody/something or because of something you have done",
"sensetop": "ashamed of somethingashamed of somebodyashamed of yourselfashamed that…ashamed to be something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party.",
"contextForm": "ashamed of something"
},
{
"text": "Feeling depressed is **nothing to be ashamed of**."
},
{
"text": "We must stop being afraid or ashamed of what we are."
},
{
"text": "His clothes and manners made me ashamed of him.",
"contextForm": "ashamed of somebody"
},
{
"text": "You should be ashamed of yourself for telling such lies.",
"contextForm": "ashamed of yourself"
},
{
"text": "You ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves."
},
{
"text": "I feel almost ashamed that I've been so lucky.",
"contextForm": "ashamed that…"
},
{
"text": "I am not ashamed to be a champion for women.",
"contextForm": "ashamed to be something"
},
{
"text": "Then she smiled and Rose was instantly ashamed of her jealous feelings."
},
{
"text": "She was ashamed of what she had done."
},
{
"text": "His foul-mouthed way of speaking made me ashamed of him."
},
{
"text": "I've done nothing to be ashamed about."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["deeply", "really", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "at", "of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "unwilling to do something because of shame or fear of feeling embarrassed",
"sensetop": "ashamed to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm ashamed to say that I lied to her."
},
{
"text": "I cried at the end and I'm not ashamed to admit it."
},
{
"text": "He felt ashamed to let her see him in this state."
},
{
"text": "You act as if you’re ashamed to be seen with me."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈʃeɪmd/",
"audio": "as/ashamed/ashamed__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈʃeɪmd/",
"audio": "as/ashamed/ashamed__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English āscamod, past participle of āscamian ‘feel shame’, from ā- (as an intensifier) + the verb shame."
}