Shame
31shame — Synonyms and related words: abasement, abash, abashment, abomination, apologies, atrocity, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bad, besmirch, bitterness, blacken, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bully, burning shame,… …
32shame — 1. noun 1) her face was scarlet with shame Syn: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, embarrassment, indignity, discomfort Ant: pride 2) I felt shame at telling a lie Syn …
33shame*/ — [ʃeɪm] noun I 1) [singular] a reason for feeling sad or disappointed It seems a shame to waste all this food.[/ex] It was a shame that you couldn t come with us.[/ex] 2) [U] a guilty and embarrassed feeling that you have when you have behaved… …
34shame — 1. noun /ʃeɪm/ a) Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of… …
35shame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. humiliation, mortification, abashment; ignominy, reproach, disgrace, dishonor. v. t. humiliate, mortify, abash, disgrace. See disrepute, impurity, wrong. Ant., pride, honor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …
36shame — noun 1》 a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour. 2》 dishonour. ↘a person or thing bringing dishonour. 3》 a regrettable or unfortunate thing. verb cause to feel ashamed. Phrases put… …
37shame — [OE] Shame is a general Germanic term, with relatives in German scham, Dutch schaam, and Swedish and Danish skam. Their common ancestor is a prehistoric *skamō, a word of unknown origin. Sham [17] probably originated in a northern English… …
38shame — extramarital copulation by a woman What disgraced the female was thought less reprehensible in the male: Is t not a kind of incest, to take life From thine own sister s shame? (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure) The shame was… …
39shame — 1. noun 1) a sense of shame Syn: guilt, remorse, contrition 2) he brought shame on the family Syn: humiliation, embarrassment, indignity, mortification, disgrace, dishonour, discredit …
40shame — noun see fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me verb see tell the truth and shame the devil …
