Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of shame
adjectiveshamed (not comparable)
- not comparableThat has been shamed.
Syed Hassan, withdrawn, presented only his shamed back to the household, playing the radio, fingering the knobs like a rosary of penitence.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 511
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveshowing a sense of guilt
adjectivesuffering shame
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Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
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