SHAMED Synonyms: 139 Similar and Opposite Words

shamed 1 of 2

adjective

as in guilty

suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing the shamed look of someone who knows that he is being given credit he doesn't deserve

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verb

past tense of shame

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement

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The Avalanche, however wounded, however shamed, however desperate, surely know better than to cross it. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 May 2026 Felder also recalls being fat-shamed during an exam in the past, which left her in no hurry to go back. — Essence, 27 Jan. 2026 The shamed film producer was booked in 2015 alongside others, including David Tennant and Olivia Colman. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025 The shamed 41-year-old was about to be added to the list of footballers, or ex-footballers, who had been imprisoned for being enticed into the Dutch criminal underworld. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025

Verb

He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as woman who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church. — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026 But because there are rules and codes that have to be honored to make sports work, the transgressors typically are penalized or at least shamed for doing so. — Vahe Gregorian july 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026 The fight was stopped between rounds, but fighters shouldn't be shamed or penalized for knowing when to bow out. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Bonnie's new device Lilypad initially causes problems with this, leading her to be brutally bullied in a group chat and shamed into rejecting her toys. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026 The crisis shamed the government, which was forced by its ombudsman to shutter the makeshift camp and relocate the migrants. — ABC News, 10 June 2026 The rest of us were shamed by omission. — Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026

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After Graf announced Robinson would stand trial on all seven counts, Robinson pleaded not guilty to each of the charges.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026
Court records show that Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in his DUI case in Florida.

— Bob Harkins, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of guilty

Adjective

Policies that may make people feel judged or ashamed to use SNAP, therefore, cannot be evaluated solely by whether purchases of one particular product decline.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Matt Damon isn’t ashamed to be a bit of a Disney adult—and neither are his daughters.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ashamed

Verb

Inflicting these details on the jury, the children’s family members, and the public served no discernible purpose in establishing Clancy’s mens rea, which might have discredited her not-guilty plea.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
After the exam was discredited, at least 20 students died by suicide, according to Agence France-Presse.

— Philip Wang, Time, 25 July 2026

Definition of discredited

Verb

One night earlier in the tour, a woman Usher had brought onstage rebuked him, which embarrassed him.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
This isn’t a hypercar to smash lap records around the Nürburgring, but nor will it be embarrassed by a Porsche 911 GT3 at a track day.

— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026

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