SHAME


Meaning of SHAME in English

n. 25B6; noun

her face was scarlet with shame : HUMILIATION, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort.

I felt shame at telling a lie : GUILT, remorse, contrition, compunction.

he brought shame on the family : DISGRACE, dishonour, discredit, degradation, ignominy, disrepute, infamy, scandal, opprobrium, contempt; dated disesteem.

it's a shame she never married : PITY, misfortune, sad thing; bad luck; informal bummer, crime, sin.

pride, honour.

25B6; verb

you shamed your family's name : DISGRACE, dishonour, discredit, degrade, debase; stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, blacken, drag through the mud.

he was shamed in public : HUMILIATE, mortify, chagrin, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, take down a peg or two, cut down to size; informal show up; N. Amer. informal make someone eat crow.

honour.

25A0; put someone/something to shame OUTSHINE, outclass, eclipse, surpass, excel, outstrip, outdo, put in the shade, upstage; informal run rings around, leave standing; Brit. informal knock spots off.

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