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1. (n.) shame
the painful feeling of having done or experienced something dishonorable, improper, foolish, etc.
2. shame
capacity to experience this feeling:
to be without shame.
3. shame
disgrace; ignominy.
4. shame
a cause for regret, disappointment, etc.:
It was a shame you weren't there.
5. (v.t.) shame
to cause to feel shame.
6. shame
to activate or motivate through shame:
He shamed me into going.
7. shame
to cause to suffer disgrace.
8. shame
to cause to suffer shame or disgrace.
9. shame
to outdo; surpass.
Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE sc(e)amu, c. OS, OHG
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| Definition of 'Shame' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shame
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
2. (noun) shame, disgrace, ignominy
a state of dishonor
"one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
3. (verb) pity, shame
an unfortunate development
"it's a pity he couldn't do it"
4. (verb) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
bring shame or dishonor upon
"he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
5. (verb) shame
compel through a sense of shame
"She shamed him into making amends"
6. (verb) shame
cause to be ashamed
7. (verb) shame
surpass or beat by a wide margin
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1. (noun) shame
a feeling of guilt and embarrassment
the shame she felt after lying to her parents; The country watched in shame as its government failed to act.
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| Definition of 'Shame' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Shame
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
2. (noun) Shame
reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt
3. (noun) Shame
the cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace
4. (noun) Shame
the parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts
5. (noun) Shame
to be ashamed; to feel shame
6. (verb) Shame
to make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame
7. (verb) Shame
to cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace
8. (verb) Shame
to mock at; to deride
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| Definition of 'Shame' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Shame
An emotional attitude excited by realization of a shortcoming or impropriety.
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Sense: (often withat) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure
I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.
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 Afrikaans: skaamte |
 Arabic: خَجَل، حَياء |
 Bulgarian: срам |
 Brazilian: vergonha |
 Czech: stud |
 German: die Scham |
 Danish: skam |
 Greek: ντροπή |
 Spanish: vergüenza, pena |
 Estonian: häbi |
 Farsi: خجالت |
 Finnish: häpeä |
 French: honte |
 Hebrew: בּוּשָׁה |
 Hindi: लज्जा |
 Croatian: sram, stid |
 Hungarian: szégyen(kezés) |
 Indonesian: rasa malu |
 Icelandic: skömm |
 Italian: vergogna |
 Japanese: 恥かしさ |
 Korean: 수치심 |
 Lithuanian: gėda |
 Latvian: kauns |
 Malay: rasa malu |
 Dutch: schaamte |
 Norwegian: skam(fullhet) |
 Polish: wstyd |
 Persian: خجالت |
 Pashto: شرم، پښيماني، سپكوالى، خج |
 Portuguese: vergonha |
 Romanian: ruşine |
 Russian: стыд |
 Slovak: hanba |
 Slovenian: sram |
 Serbian: stid |
 Swedish: skam, skamsenhet |
 Thai: ความอับอาย |
 Turkish: utanç, mahcubiyet |
 Taiwanese: 羞愧 |
 Ukrainian: сором |
 Urdu: شرم |
 Vietnamese: sự xấu hổ, sự tủi thẹn |
 Chinese: 羞愧 |
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