Other Definitions shame (enc)
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Shame| Noun | 1. | shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guiltfeeling - 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" 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 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 | | | Verb | 1. | 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 ashameddiscountenance - look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends" | | | 4. | shame - surpass or beat by a wide marginoutdo, 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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