v. t. [ Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. āscamian to shame (where ā- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame. ] To shame. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t. ] Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. “I am ashamed to beg.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Bashfully. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Of or pertaining to Ashantee. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Pasha. ]
adj. able to be converted into ready money;
n. [ A corruption of eyas hawk. ] (Zool.) A young hawk. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Indian name. ] (Zool.) The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens). [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. not washable; damaged by washing; -- used mostly of clothing, especially clothing that must be cleaned by a dry-cleaning process. Opposite of
‖n.;
n. [ Turk. pāshā, bāshā; cf. Per. bāshā, bādshāh; perh. a corruption of Per. pādishāh. Cf. Bashaw, Padishah, Shah. ] An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was
☞ There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of three tails being the highest. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. See Pasha. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color. [ 1913 Webster ]