shame

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noun

noun: shame

1. 1.

   a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.

   "she was hot with shame"

   synonyms:

   humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, embarrassment, indignity, discomfort More

   antonyms:

   pride, indifference

   • a loss of respect or esteem; dishonor.

     "the incident had brought shame on his family"

     synonyms:

     disgrace, dishonor, discredit, degradation, ignominy, disrepute, infamy, scandal, opprobrium,contempt;  dateddisesteem "he brought shame on the family"

     antonyms:

     glory, honor

   • used to reprove someone for something of which they should be ashamed.

     "shame on you for hitting a woman"
   • a regrettable or unfortunate situation or action.

     "it is a shame that they are not better known"

     synonyms:

     pity, misfortune, sad thing; More

   • a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honor.

     plural noun: shames

     "ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man"

verb

verb: shame; 3rd person present: shames; past tense: shamed; past participle: shamed; gerund or present participle:shaming

1. 1.

   (of a person, action, or situation) make (someone) feel ashamed.

   "I tried to shame him into giving some away"

   synonyms:

   humiliate, mortify, chagrin, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, take down a peg or two, cut down to size; More

   • bring shame to.

     "the entire debacle has shamed our community"

     synonyms:

     disgrace, dishonor, discredit, degrade, debase; More

     antonyms:

     honor

   • cause (someone) to feel ashamed or inadequate by outdoing or surpassing them.

     "she shames me with her eighty-year-old energy"