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Spell Bee Word: Ashamed


What does ashamed mean?

Word: Ashamed

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Ashamed means feeling sorry and uncomfortable because you have done something wrong or silly.

Synonyms: embarrassed, sorry, guilty

How do you spell ashamed?

Syllables: a - shamed

Tricky part: Keep a single m. Ashammed, with two m's, is the slip examiners see most.

Watch out for: ashammed, asshamed

Memory tip: One m, one short hum: close your lips only once in the middle of the word.

Ashamed in a sentence

Example 1: Rohan felt ashamed after shouting at his little sister.

Example 2: He was too ashamed to tell his parents about the broken vase.

Example 3: The puppy looked almost ashamed, ears down, beside the chewed slipper.

Fun Fact

Ashamed is more than a thousand years old: Old English had ascamod, meaning 'made to feel shame'.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: ashamed

a) lonely
b) nervous
c) proud
d) jealous

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c) proud. A proud person feels pleased with what they did, not sorry about it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Finn felt ashaimed when he saw how much his careless words had hurt his friend.

a) ashaimed
b) careless
c) friend
d) words

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a) ashaimed. There is no i between the a and the m.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dmahesa

a) shaded
b) ashamed
c) smashed
d) ashore

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b) ashamed. Smashed needs two s's and ashore an o and an r; shaded leaves out the m.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) anxious
b) worried
c) sorrowful
d) ashamd

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d) ashamd. Ashamed keeps an e before the final d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emma felt ashamed after copying her friend's homework. What did she most likely do next?

a) asked for a gold star
b) said sorry to her teacher
c) copied another page
d) laughed about it at lunch

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b) said sorry to her teacher

2. There is nothing to be ashamed ____ in losing a fair race.

a) of
b) at
c) with
d) for

Show answer

a) of

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: embarrassed, guilty

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Next steps

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