Synonyms for ashamed
- adjective
Most common
embarrassed shamed mortified abashed guilty humiliated sheepish smarting
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Feeling shame or guilt.
Example sentences
- embarrassed You, Rikka, are very cute when you're embarrassed.
- shamed I've shamed my good name and ruined myself.
- mortified He was mortified at his failure in business.
- abashed He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
- guilty If it is true, it follows that Nakagawa is guilty.
- humiliated I have never been so humiliated in my entire life.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ashamed | rising | |
| embarrassed | rising | |
| shamed | rising | |
| mortified | rising | |
| abashed | rising | |
| guilty | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- guilty2, shamed1
- 7 letters
- abashed2, hangdog
- 8 letters
- sheepish2, smarting2
- 9 letters
- mortified3
- 10 letters
- humiliated5, shamefaced
- 11 letters
- embarrassed3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (guilty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- honteux
- Italiano
- vergognoso
- Español
- apenado
- Deutsch
- beschämt
- Català
- vergonyós