shamed

Other forms of shamed

comparative

shamedder·

superlative

shameddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shamed

What does shamed mean?

shamed means "showing a sense of guilt". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shamed?

shamed has 1 syllable: shamed. In IPA it is /ˈʃeɪmd/.

What is another word for shamed?

Close synonyms include guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, discredited, disgraced. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shamed a common word?

shamed is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shamed?

2 words rhyme with shamed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.