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Shamed   /ʃeɪmd/   Listen
Shamed

adjective
1.
Showing a sense of guilt.  Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced.  "The hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"
2.
Suffering shame.  Synonyms: discredited, disgraced, dishonored.


Shame

verb
(past & past part. shamed; pres. part. shaming)
1.
Bring shame or dishonor upon.  Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour.  Antonym: honor.
2.
Compel through a sense of shame.
3.
Cause to be ashamed.
4.
Surpass or beat by a wide margin.



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"Shamed" Quotes from Famous Books



... voice still betraying the same bitterness. "In the last half hour I have lived over again half a life-time of misery. Close that door!" And she pointed to the door leading into the front parlor, with a gesture of command that shamed her brother's most forcible attempt at dignity. Her niece closed the door, and stepped back to her chair. The aunt retained her standing position, and a part of the time walked the floor of the little back parlor ...
— Shoulder-Straps - A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 • Henry Morford
... I'se tank yer fo' yer arm," said Mandy to a man near, with responsive dignity. "Yer wait on me here, an' yer kin wait on me home. I'se 'shamed on mysef dat I took up wid a lout dat kin do nuffin but fiddle; but I was kine ob sorry fer him, ...
— Taken Alive • E. P. Roe
... go still and careful so you'll see him first. If this old wagon didn't talk so loud and would kind o' go on its tiptoes maybe we'd see him. He don't like to be seen. Seems so he was kind o' shamed of himself, an' I wouldn't wonder if he was. He's done a lot o' things to ...
— The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories • Various
... you should catch us doing such a wicked thing; we will do just what you order if you never tell. It was all George's fault. He would have me, indeed it was," she sobbed, two or three great big tears rolling down her flushed and shamed face. ...
— Forbidden Fruit • Anonymous
... professional decorators. Oscar Wilde wrote, "A colour sense is more important in the development of the individual than a sense of right and wrong." Any young boy or girl can learn something about such matters; most of them, if not shamed out of it, take a natural interest in their surroundings. You will see how true this is if you attempt to rearrange a child's room. Those who have bad taste, relatively, should literally be allowed to make their own beds. On the whole it is preferable to be comfortable in red ...
— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten


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