What does shame mean?
Definitions for shame
ʃeɪmshame
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word shame.
Princeton's WordNet
shamenoun
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
shame, disgrace, ignominynoun
a state of dishonor
"one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
pity, shameverb
an unfortunate development
"it's a pity he couldn't do it"
dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shameverb
bring shame or dishonor upon
"he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
shameverb
compel through a sense of shame
"She shamed him into making amends"
shameverb
cause to be ashamed
shameverb
surpass or beat by a wide margin
Webster Dictionary
Shamenoun
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
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shamenoun
reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shamenoun
the cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shamenoun
the parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shameverb
to make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shameverb
to cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shameverb
to mock at; to deride
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Shamenoun
to be ashamed; to feel shame
Etymology: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skmm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
Freebase
Shame
Shame is, variously, an affect, emotion, cognition, state, or condition. The roots of the word shame are thought to derive from an older word meaning "to cover"; as such, covering oneself, literally or figuratively, is a natural expression of shame. Nineteenth century scientist Charles Darwin, in his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, described shame affect as consisting of blushing, confusion of mind, downward cast eyes, slack posture, and lowered head, and he noted observations of shame affect in human populations worldwide. He also noted the sense of warmth or heat occurring in intense shame. A "sense of shame" is the consciousness or awareness of shame as a state or condition. Such shame cognition may occur as a result of the experience of shame affect or, more generally, in any situation of embarrassment, dishonor, disgrace, inadequacy, humiliation, or chagrin. A condition or state of shame may also be assigned externally, by others, regardless of one's own experience or awareness. "To shame" generally means to actively assign or communicate a state of shame to another. Behaviors designed to "uncover" or "expose" others are sometimes used for this purpose, as are utterances like "Shame!" or "Shame on you!" Finally, to "have shame" means to maintain a sense of restraint against offending others while to "have no shame" is to behave without such restraint.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shame
shām, n. the feeling caused by the exposure of that which ought to be concealed, or by a consciousness of guilt: the cause of shame, a person or thing to be ashamed of: disgrace, dishonour: (B.) the parts of the body which modesty requires to be concealed.—v.t. to make ashamed: to cause to blush: to cover with reproach: to drive or compel by shame.—adj. Shame′faced (properly Shame′fast, A.S. sceam-fæst), very modest or bashful.—adv. Shame′facedly.—ns. Shame′facedness, Shame′fastness, modesty.—adj. Shame′ful, disgraceful.—adv. Shame′fully.—n. Shame′fulness.—adj. Shame′less, immodest: done without shame: audacious.—adv. Shame′lessly.—n. Shame′lessness.—adj. Shame′-proof (Shak.), insensible to shame.—ns. Shā′mer, one who, or that which, makes ashamed; Shame′-reel, the first dance after the celebration of marriage, the bride being the best man's partner, the best maid the bridegroom's.—For shame, an interjectional phrase, signifying 'you should be ashamed!'—Put to shame, to cause to feel shame. [A.S. sceamu, scamu, modesty; Ice. skömm, a wound, Ger. scham.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Shame
An emotional attitude excited by realization of a shortcoming or impropriety.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'shame' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1561
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'shame' in Nouns Frequency: #1914
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shame in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of shame in a Sentence
On the wings of lies, man can only fly to the land of shame and lowness!
We are incenting, encouraging and subsidizing people to live in harm’s way, shame on us if all we do is help rebuild the same homes, in the same fashion, in the same place.
I was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter and a guy walked up on me and said to me, ‘Leave Trump alone. Forget the story,’ and he leaned round and looked at my daughter and said, ‘That’s a beautiful little girl. It would be a shame if something happened to her mom.’.
Director Shaub has served presidents of both parties with distinction – sometimes we agreed and sometimes we disagreed, but he always tries to do the right thing – I say to those smearing him, have they no shame?
A man who has no self-respect can make any number of woman to accept him as her boyfriend; A husband who has no shame could remain for any number of years in the bondage of his wife and even would foolishly claim the same as his happily married days.
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- vergüenyaAragonese
- خجل, عارArabic
- срамBulgarian
- vergonya, llàstimaCatalan, Valencian
- vargognaCorsican
- stud, stydět se, ostudaCzech
- skamDanish
- schämen, Scham, beschämen, SchandeGerman
- ντροπήGreek
- honto, hontaĵoEsperanto
- vergüenza, avergonzar, penaSpanish
- häbiEstonian
- شرمPersian
- saattaa häpeään, häpeä, häpäistäFinnish
- honteFrench
- náire, cuir náire ar, náirigh, tabhair náire doIrish
- vergoñaGalician
- शर्म, लज्जाHindi
- szégyen, megaláz, megszégyenítHungarian
- խայտառակություն, ամոթArmenian
- shamoIdo
- háðung, skömmIcelandic
- vergognaItalian
- 羞恥心, 恥をかかせる, 恥, 面汚しJapanese
- ұятKazakh
- 수치Korean
- شهرم, شوورهیی, عهیبKurdish
- pudor, ignominiaLatin
- kaunsLatvian
- ngaringariā, aniutanga, whakamāMāori
- syndNorwegian
- schande, schaamteDutch
- syndNorwegian Nynorsk
- skamNorwegian
- vergonhaOccitan
- wstyd, zawstydzaćPolish
- envergonhar, vergonhaPortuguese
- rușineRomanian
- доса́да, жаль, стыд, срам, пристыдить, позо́р, опозорить, стыдить, позорить, позорRussian
- लज्जाSanskrit
- bregúngia, brigunza, frigonza, bilgonza, bergugna, birgonza, bregunza, vilgonzaSardinian
- srȃm, posrámiti, postídjeti, stȋd, sramòtaSerbo-Croatian
- turpAlbanian
- skam, syndSwedish
- aibu, soni, fedheha, aibishaSwahili
- సిగ్గుTelugu
- ความละอายใจThai
- ayıp, utançTurkish
- sự hổ thẹn, sự ngượng, sự xấu hổ, sự thẹnVietnamese
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