shame
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skamō
Proto-West Germanic *skamu
Old English sċamu
Middle English schame
English shame
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
Inflected forms:
form: shames
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more shame
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most shame
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: shames
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: shame
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: shame
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: shame
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: shamest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: shamedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: shames
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shameth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: shame
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: shame
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: shame
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: shaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: An 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.
When he had saied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
gloss: Something to regret.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
Nor can thy ſhame giue phiſicke to my griefe,
And what you do to me is a shame.
But why does it always seem to be / Me lookin' at you, you lookin' at me / It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all
Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 – a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable – boy, can those trains shift under the wires.
gloss: Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: […] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen,
Honour and shame from no condition rise.
And every woe a tear can claim
 Except an erring sister's shame.
gloss: The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: guides who are the shame of religion
Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move. Waiting for him to leap forward and rip off his flimsy flightsuit, exposing his shame: his illustrated body, Rimmer's cheating frame.
gloss: That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame.
She turns to lift her robe, and lays it across her as though she were revealing her shame, as though she were naked.
She didn't even have her handbag, because Zelda had thoughtfully left it in the kitchen along with her clothes. And nobody had even offered her so much as a T-shirt to cover her shame.
The trouble started early this morning when Pop was shoving his shirt and vest into his pants so he could cover his shame, as he puts it.
His genitals lank between his legs, his chin dipped upon his breast, staring down at his shame.
gloss: The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Don't you have any shame?
gloss: Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention.
pos: adj
tags: Australian
examples: She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed.
Int.[:] What types of things have you learnt about at AIME, like about yourselves or about others?
Deon[:] To be confident.
Greg[:] Yeah be confident. And not be shame…
Aunty Gracelyn is most famous for her role in developing 'Condoman', the Indigenous superhero whose catchcry and public health message 'don’t be shame be game, use condoms!' became a defining figure of Australia's HIV and AIDS crisis.
gloss: Causing embarrassment or shyness.
pos: adj
tags: Australian
examples: "A lot of the time when we want to do stuff we'll be like, 'Oh no, that's shame — I don't want to do that because I'll be on my own'," Headland told NIT.
gloss: To cause to feel shame.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would[…]shame the world, and not the world him.
gloss: To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And with fowle cowardize his carcas ſhame,
gloss: To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Stop shaming others about their food choices.
It is disgraceful that you should be used by adults for the purpose of trying to shame us because our extraction of timber from our forests.
gloss: To drive or compel by shame.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The politician was shamed into resigning.
gloss: To feel shame, be ashamed.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: Broder she said I can not telle yow For it was not done by me nor by myn assente
 For he is my lord and I am his
 and he must be myn husband
 therfore my broder I wille that ye wete I shame me not to be with hym
 nor to doo hym alle the pleasyr that I can
I do ſhame to thinke of what a noble ſtraine you are, and of how coward a ſpirit.
gloss: To mock at; to deride.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
Synonyms: also: Thesaurus:shame
abasement
disgrace
dishonour
embarrassment
hurt
ignominy
obloquy
opprobrium
shame
unhonour
Antonyms: honor
exaltation
dignify
Related words: disrepute
embarrassed
abash
Derived words: 15 minutes of shame
ain't no shame in my game
antishame
badge of shame
cone of shame
cover-shame
crying shame
for shame
for shame's sake
hall of shame
no shame in my game
pin of shame
put to shame
shame be to him who thinks evil of it
shame-casting
shamefaced
shamefast
shameful
shamefully
shame job
shameless
shamelessly
shamelike
shame on you
shame plant
shame pole
shameproof
shame reel
shamesome
shame-stroke
shame to him who thinks ill of it
shame upon you
shame weed
shameworthy
Spanish shame
that's a shame
there's no shame in my game
walk of shame
wall of shame
what a shame
body-shame
ashamed
bald-shame
beshame
creep-shame
fat-shame
forshame
gay-shame
kinkshame
name and shame
outshame
shamable
shameable
shamee
shamer
slut-shame
tell the truth and shame the devil
unshamed
vote-shame
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