Meanings
verbbe ashamed (third-person singular simple present is ashamed, present participle being ashamed, simple past was ashamed, past participle been ashamed)
present singular third person is ashamed · participle present being ashamed · past was ashamed · participle past been ashamed
- To feel ashamed. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Ancient Greek αἰσχύνομαι
- αἰσχύνομαι (aiskhúnomai)feel ashamed
Arabic اِسْتَحَى
- اِسْتَحَى (istaḥā)feel ashamed
Bulgarian срамувам се
- срамувам се (sramuvam se)feel ashamed
Chinese Mandarin （感到）慚愧 /（感到）惭愧
- （感到）慚愧 /（感到）惭愧feel ashamed
Czech stydět se, hanbit se
- stydět sefeel ashamed
- hanbit sefeel ashamed
Danish skamme sig
- skamme sigfeel ashamed
Dutch zich schamen
- zich schamenfeel ashamed
Esperanto honti
- hontifeel ashamed
Finnish hävetä, olla häpeissään
- hävetäfeel ashamed
- olla häpeissäänfeel ashamed
French avoir honte
- avoir hontefeel ashamed
German sich schämen
- sich schämenfeel ashamed
Greek ντρέπομαι
- ντρέπομαι (ntrépomai)feel ashamed
Hindi लजाना
- लजाना (lajānā)feel ashamed
Hungarian szégyelli magát, szégyenkezik
- szégyelli magátfeel ashamed
- szégyenkezikfeel ashamed
Italian vergognarsi, avere vergogna
- vergognarsifeel ashamed
- avere vergognafeel ashamed
Japanese 恥じる
- 恥じる (hajiru)feel ashamed
Korean 부끄러워하다
- 부끄러워하다 (bukkeureowohada)feel ashamed
Norwegian skjemmes
- skjemmesfeel ashamed
Polish wstydzić się
- wstydzić sięfeel ashamed
Portuguese envergonhar-se
- envergonhar-sefeel ashamed
Romanian a-i fi rușine
- a-i fi rușinefeel ashamed
Russian стыди́ться, срами́ться
- стыди́ться (stydítʹsja)feel ashamed
- срами́ться (sramítʹsja)feel ashamed
Slovak hanbiť sa
- hanbiť safeel ashamed
Spanish avergonzarse
- avergonzarsefeel ashamed
Swedish skämmas
- skämmasfeel ashamed
Turkish utanmak
- utanmakfeel ashamed
Ukrainian соро́митися, стиди́тися
- соро́митися (sorómytysja)feel ashamed
- стиди́тися (stydýtysja)feel ashamed
Cite this entry
APA
be ashamed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20ashamed
MLA
“be ashamed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20ashamed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be ashamed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20ashamed.
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