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n. A painful emotion caused by a strong sense of guilt, embarrassment, unworthiness, or disgrace.

n. Capacity for such a feeling: Have you no shame?

n. One that brings dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation.

n. A condition of disgrace or dishonor; ignominy.

n. A great disappointment.

v. To cause to feel shame; put to shame.

v. To bring dishonor or disgrace on.

v. To disgrace by surpassing.

v. To force by making ashamed: He was shamed into making an apology.

idiom. put to shame To fill with shame; disgrace.

idiom. put to shame To outdo thoroughly; surpass: Your productivity has put the rest of us to shame.

n. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.

n. Something to regret.

n. That which is shameful and private, especially on the personal body.

interjection. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.

interjection. Expressing sympathy.

v. To feel shame, be ashamed.

v. To cause to feel shame.

n. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.

n. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

n. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.

n. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.

v. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.

v. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

v. To mock at; to deride.

verb-intransitive. To be ashamed; to feel shame.

n. A painful feeling or sense of degradation excited by a consciousness of having done something unworthy of one's own previous idea of one's excellence; also, a peculiar painful feeling or sense of being in a situation offensive to decency, or likely to bring contempt upon the person experiencing the feeling.

n. Tendency to feel distress at any breach of decorum or decency, especially at any unseemly exposure of one's person.

n. A thing or person to be ashamed of; that which brings or is a source or cause of contempt, ignominy, or reproach; a disgrace or dishonor.

n. Grossly injurious or ignominious treatment or acts; ignominy; disgrace; dishonor; derision; contempt; contumely.

n. The parts of the body which modesty requires to be covered.

n. Synonyms Mortification. Opprobrium, odium, obloquy, scandal.

To be or feel ashamed.

To be ashamed of.

To make ashamed; cause to blush or to feel degraded, dishonored, or disgraced.

To cover with reproach or ignominy; disgrace.

To force or drive by shame.

To shun through shame.

To mock at; deride; treat with contumely or contempt.

Synonyms To mortify, humilinte, abash.

n. a state of dishonor

v. compel through a sense of shame

v. cause to be ashamed

v. surpass or beat by a wide margin

n. a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

v. bring shame or dishonor upon

n. an unfortunate development

"Half the bottle is sitting *for shame for shame* on the top shelf of my fridge."

shamed    shames    shaming   

obligate    compel    oblige    surpass    outmatch    outstrip    outgo    outdo    exceed    outperform   

to put to shame    for shame!   

befoul    defile    foul    maculate   

body shame    crying shame    shamelessly    shameful    shame on you    ashamed    shamefaced    shameless    shamefully   

dishonor    ignominy    derision    contempt    disgrace    deride    abash    pity   

Ame    Boehme    Graeme    Mayme    Sejm    acclaim    aflame    aim    ashame    ballgame   

sorrow    pity    anger    embarrassment    guilt    humiliation    terror    sadness    pride    dismay