[shame] n [ME, fr. OE scamu; akin to OHG scama shame] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety b: the susceptibility to such emotion
2: a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute: ignominy 3 a: something that brings censure or reproach; also: something to be regretted: pity "it's a ~ you can't go" b: a cause of feeling shame
[2]shame vt shamed ; sham.ing (13c) 1: to bring shame to: disgrace
2: to put to shame by outdoing
3: to cause to feel shame
4: to force by causing to feel guilty "shamed into confessing"