shame
Speech parts
1. shame - Noun
2. shame - Verb
3. shame - Interjection
Meaning
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
To mock at; to deride.
To be ashamed; to feel shame.
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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Kindness has never brought shame to anyone. Kindness is the most beautiful thing in the world.
Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
It is no shame at all to work for money.
Water washes up everything but shame.
Shame is worse than death.