shame
Plural: shames
Noun
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- a state of dishonor
- "one mistake brought shame to all his family"
- an unfortunate development
- An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
- Something to regret.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
- That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
- The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
Verb
Verb Forms: shamed, shaming, shames
- To cause feelings of guilt or degradation in someone.
- bring shame or dishonor upon
- compel through a sense of shame
- "She shamed him into making amends"
- cause to be ashamed
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
- To cause to feel shame.
- To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
- To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
- To drive or compel by shame.
- To feel shame, be ashamed.
- To mock at; to deride.
Intj
- A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
- Expressing sympathy.
Adj
- Feeling shame; ashamed.
Examples
- Don't you have any shame?
- His perfectly executed seven-letter word might SHAME his opponent into conceding.
- I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
- It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
- Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!
- Stop shaming others about their food choices.
- The politician was shamed into resigning.
- The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.
- When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Synonyms
attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ignominy, pity, abasement, also: Thesaurus:shame, bad luck, confound, cuhdear, demean, embarrassment, hard lines, hard luck, humiliate, humiliation, hurt, insult, mortification, mortify, obloquy, opprobrium, shame, too bad, tough luck, unhonour, what a pity, what a shame, worse luck
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
shame: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshame: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shame: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary