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Shame   /ʃeɪm/   Listen
Shame

noun
1.
A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
2.
A state of dishonor.  Synonyms: disgrace, ignominy.  "Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
3.
An unfortunate development.  Synonym: pity.
verb
(past & past part. shamed; pres. part. shaming)
1.
Bring shame or dishonor upon.  Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour.
2.
Compel through a sense of shame.
3.
Cause to be ashamed.
4.
Surpass or beat by a wide margin.



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"Shame" Quotes from Famous Books



... than that of two or three ordinary mortals. With her great bare arms folded across her ample person she waddled towards the triumphant young man, and there was a look in her eye that made him wriggle uneasily upon his chair. I think he was tempted to run away, but shame nailed him to his seat. As soon as the pair were at close quarters, one of the folded bolster-like arms made a sudden movement, and the back of the strong rough hand, hardened by forty years or more of toil, covered for an instant the youth's nose and mouth. That single movement of ...
— Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine • Edward Harrison Barker

... front with Sergeant McGillicuddy, who led Gamechick, his head hanging down, looking the picture of shame but carefully retracing his steps. Behind them rode Mrs. Fortescue and Anita, and then came a small escort. Gamechick, walking wearily in advance over the frozen snow, suddenly lifted his head and gave a loud whinnying of joy, and at the same moment his tired ...
— Betty at Fort Blizzard • Molly Elliot Seawell

... head and faced her mother, her eyes blazing with indignant shame and glistening with tears, which were quite dried up by her hot cheeks ere they ...
— The Duke of Stockbridge • Edward Bellamy

... those who deal in horses and dogs; the youth from Texas who claims that the French philosopher, Janet, cannot be an authority on morals, since he asserts that he who cheats at cards must feel a burning shame. With the ethics of the ancient Hebrews, of the Greeks, of the Romans, our young moralist has had the opportunity to acquire some familiarity, and he can compare them, if he will, with the Christian ethics of his own day. ...
— A Handbook of Ethical Theory • George Stuart Fullerton

... innocent Spaniards has been shed," continued the muleteer, "men who had no ill-will towards our cause; and, shame to say, the only one in this our province who now carries the banner of the insurrection is ...
— The Tiger Hunter • Mayne Reid


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