ashamed [not before noun] feeling very sorry and embarrassed because of something you have done, or someone connected with you has done:
You should be ashamed of yourself. She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.humiliated [not before noun] very ashamed and upset, because someone has made you look weak or stupid, especially in front of other people:
I came out of the class feeling humiliated.mortified /ˈmɔːtəfaɪd, ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd $ ˈmɔːr-/ extremely ashamed and embarrassed, especially about something you have done accidentally:
She’ll be mortified when she realizes her mistake. a mortified expressionshamefaced showing by the expression on your face that you are ashamed about something:
Paul came into my office looking shamefaced and apologized for what he had done.feel guilty (
also feel bad especially spoken) to feel worried and unhappy because you know that you have done something wrong.
Feel bad is more informal than
feel guilty:
He felt guilty about lying to his parents. I felt bad about letting the team down.lose face to lose people’s respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak or stupid in front of other people:
He feels he’ll lose face if he admits to his staff that he was wrong. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲