{
    "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."
}