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shame (enc)

Shame

Noun1.shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
self-disgust, self-hatred - shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions
embarrassment - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
2.shame - a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
dishonor, dishonour - a state of shame or disgrace; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor"
humiliation - state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
obloquy, opprobrium - state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
odium - state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
reproach - disgrace or shame; "he brought reproach upon his family"
3.shame - an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
misfortune, bad luck - unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
Verb1.shame - bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
befoul, maculate, defile, foul - spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
2.shame - compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"
compel, obligate, oblige - force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
3.shame - cause to be ashamed
arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
discountenance - look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
4.shame - surpass or beat by a wide margin
outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

 

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