I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hung...head in shame
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Daphne had hung her head in shame .
name and shame British English (= say publicly who is responsible for something illegal that has happened, or who has not achieved a particular standard )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
crying
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Dot had heard Mrs Parvis say that it was a crying shame , a young fit man like that.
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In the context of the world today, it seems a crying shame .
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It's a crying shame to cover up your body.
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It was a crying shame to see those grounds neglected.
great
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Her first thoughts were that it was a great shame to turn such a wonderful building into a restaurant and hotel.
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It would be a great shame if young people such as Hu were discouraged from seeking careers in public service.
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It would be a great shame if the charity folded, after all the efforts of so many kind-hearted people.
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That was a great shame , because it left us blind to a prize within our reach.
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It is a great shame that the social chapter has been excised from the treaty.
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I am overwhelmed by this yet greater shame .
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This is a great shame because scientists are notoriously bad at communicating the importance of what they study to non-scientists.
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For John Langford, it would have been the greatest shame imaginable.
real
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A real shame , as the slickly presented management section offers plenty of options.
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He signed a petition you know against Mitterrand and Vichy. Real shame our movie never got past first base.
terrible
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What a terrible shame if their relationship doesn't survive this rocky patch.
■ VERB
bow
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I bow my head in shame when I think of the countries we've looted and the people we've subjugated.
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The principal merely bowed his head in shame .
bring
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Having a baby would mean leaving university and bringing shame on my family.
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This act brings shame to all our lives.
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Mitigating, Howe's solicitor said he had suffered domestic problems and the incident had brought shame on his family.
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All he had done was scream abuse at her, accusing her of bringing shame and disgrace on the family.
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Unlike its plainer cousin, it will not bring shame to the wearer by wilting or drooping on the crucial day.
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Their lawyer said they'd brought shame on the whole hunting world.
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The girl Agnes left her home in secret, so that her pregnancy would not bring shame on her family.
cry
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She flung herself into her room and began to pack frantically, wanting to cry with rage and shame .
die
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She would have thought a woman would have died of shame .
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She had thought that she was going to die of shame .
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How could she remain here, see him again, and not die of shame at the memory?
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If Amanda Pennington ever heard about this he would die of shame .
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He ought by rights to have died of shame at 30, or of drink at 50.
feel
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The ones who created this crisis should feel shame .
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As his panic begins to subside, he is left with a feeling of shame .
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Suddenly she felt quite overcome with shame to think that Kirsty's illness might be all her fault.
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It appeared she was talking him blue in the face, but Glover had felt a kind of shame about everything.
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I feel neither shame or embarrassment at my feelings, not do I think they should be ignored.
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I feel a lot of shame .
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She did not feel shame , or any sense of partaking in the very view of life that was nearly extinguishing him.
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I feel no sense of shame .
hang
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He was in the House at the time, so he should hang his head in shame .
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Father Time wouldn't have been alone in hanging his head in shame .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
die of embarrassment/shame
it's a crying shame
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It would be a crying shame if high ticket prices kept people away from baseball games.
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It's a crying shame to cover up your body.
nice ... shame about the ...
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Nice lips, shame about the teeth.
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Nice smile, shame about the lies, the splits and the job losses.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Please don't tell my dad about this," he said, blushing with shame .
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As he left the house, Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.
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Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame .
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She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.
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She remembered her angry words with a deep sense of shame .
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Some girls feel that refusing their parents' choice of husband will bring shame on their family.
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The next day I remembered how drunk I'd been , and almost died of shame .
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Too many women are taught to feel guilt or shame about sex.
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Voting through cuts in benefits to the poorest people is a matter of shame for all of us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the threat was also psychological: what fired their hatred, in some cases, was their sense of shame .
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He was in the House at the time, so he should hang his head in shame .
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It's a shame we can't vote for it.
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It's a shame , son.
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Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity.
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That is why few people never swear, and it would be a shame if more were to join them.
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What a shame Gerry Britton collected the only booking for celebrating Jamieson's goal over-zealously.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
name
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If a man is tried and found guilty of rape, then he deserves to be named and shamed .
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By all means name and shame the convicted.
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In this way, the naming and shaming crisis is a continuation of the Tony Martin story.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
it's a crying shame
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It would be a crying shame if high ticket prices kept people away from baseball games.
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It's a crying shame to cover up your body.
nice ... shame about the ...
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Nice lips, shame about the teeth.
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Nice smile, shame about the lies, the splits and the job losses.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It shamed him to have to ask Jan for help.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of this, the dogwood felt shamed deeply grieved that it should have been put to such a cruel purpose.
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Erlich remembered his face from the network news, bleak and uncompromising and shamed, when the announcement was made.
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I followed them in, shamed by the fearlessness of people half my height.
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It shamed him and made him shrink inside his overcoat.
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This time she had to fight back or be utterly shamed.