shame meaning
[ ʃeim ] Pronunciation: "shame" in a sentence
Noun: shame sheym
- A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- A state of dishonour
"one mistake brought shame to all his family"
- disgrace, ignominy - An unfortunate development
- pity
- Bring shame or dishonour upon
- dishonor [US], disgrace, dishonour [Brit, Cdn], attaint [archaic] - Compel through a sense of shame
"She shamed him into making amends" - Cause to be ashamed
- Surpass or beat by a wide margin
Derived forms: shaming, shamed, shames
Type of: arouse, bad luck, compel, dishonor [US], dishonour [Brit, Cdn], elicit, enkindle, evoke, exceed, feeling, fire, kindle, misfortune, obligate, oblige, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, provoke, raise, surmount, surpass
Encyclopedia: Shame
[Medicine]
An emotional attitude excited by realization of a shortcoming or impropriety.
- for shame: An interjectional ...
- for shame!: [American slang]Th ...
- a crying shame: [American slang]Fi ...
Examples
More: Next- he was shamed into working.
- he felt shame as soon as he had spoken.
- i cannot repeat the words for very shame.
- she has thrown off all senses of shame.
- she would shame him before all the world.
