Shame
[ʃeɪm] or [ʃem]
Definition
(noun.) a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
(noun.) a state of dishonor; 'one mistake brought shame to all his family'; 'suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison'.
(verb.) surpass or beat by a wide margin.
(verb.) cause to be ashamed.
(verb.) compel through a sense of shame; 'She shamed him into making amends'.
Typist: Sean--From WordNet
Definition
(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. t.) 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. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
(v. t.) To mock at; to deride.
(n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame.
Typist: Sadie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Abashment, mortification, confusion.[2]. Disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium, reproach, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, scandal, degradation.
v. a. [1]. Abash, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, humiliate, humble, put to shame, make ashamed, put down.[2]. Disgrace, dishonor, degrade, debase, discredit, sully, taint, stain, tarnish.[3]. Deride, jeer, ridicule, mock at, sneer at, point at.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abash, humiliate, fill_with_shame, disgrace,[See OBSCURE]
SYN:Abashment, humiliation, modesty, shamefacedness, decency, decorum, reproach,dishonor, ignominy, contempt, degradation, discredit, dispraise
ANT:Shamelessness, Barefacedness, immodesty, impudence, indecency, indecorum,impropriety, honor, glory, exaltation, renown, credit
Typed by Kevin
Definition
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-féŽ t) 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.
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Examples
- What I mean is, Lizzie, that I am a mere impertinent piece of conceit, and you shame me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Besides, is it not a shame, that the genius of Adrian should fade from the earth like a flower in an untrod mountain-path, fruitless? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was a shame. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And it is a shame that her uncle should have run away and shut up the Grange just now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On a fine Sunday evening, in the month of August, John Edmunds set foot in the village he had left with shame and disgrace seventeen years before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For shame, young man! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He died of grief for the loss, and shame for the infamy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His heart tingled with the pleasing conviction that these gross eulogiums shamed Moore deeply, and made him half scorn himself and his work. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When we pretended to be so fond of one another, we exulted over her; that was what we did; we exulted over her and shamed her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Because true pride wouldn't shame, or be shamed by, your thankless brother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She at once enraged and shamed me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No; it ain't “damned,”' observed Sam, holding the letter up to the light, 'it's “shamed,” there's a blot there--“I feel myself ashamed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And she had a shamed recollection of the way in which, a few hours since, she had felt the centripetal force of their standards. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Hitherto man has been living in a slum, amidst quarrels, revenges, vanities, shames and taints, hot desires, and urgent appetites. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Shaming, ridicule, disfavor, rebuke, and punishment are used. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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