how to pronounce ashamed

/əˈʃɛɪmd/

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ashamed is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ashamed in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and right now I'm not ashamed to tell …”

meanings of ashamed

adjective:

Feeling shame or guilt.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of ashame.

ashamed frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word ashamed occurs in english on average 12.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ashamed can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ashamed can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;