shame
Meaning of shame
noun
- Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.
- Something to regret.
It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
- That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
- A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
- Expressing sympathy.
Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!
- To cause to feel shame.
I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
- To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
- To drive or compel by shame.
The politician was shamed into resigning.
- To feel shame, be ashamed.
- To mock at; to deride.
Information about shame
- The plural form of shame is: shames.
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Hyphenation of shame
shame
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- shame is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
shame synonyms
Meaning disgrace:
Meaning pity:
Meaning dishonor:
Meaning :
humiliation, mortification, demean, humiliate, insult, mortify
shame antonyms
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Translation of shame
- Spanish: vergüenza, desgracia, deshonra
- French: honte, disgrâce, déshonneur
- Italian: vergogna
- Portuguese: vergonha
- German: Schande, Scham
Anagrams of shame
ahems, haems, hames, Mashe, sahme, Shema, shema
Words that rhyme with shame
hame, Grahame, inhame, Rhame, ashame, beshame, outshame, rakeshame, carthame, chrysothame, spithame, whame
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