1. shames - Noun
2. shames - Verb
shames
third-person singular simple present indicative of shame
shames
plural of shame
shames (plural shamesim)
Alternative form of shammes
Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it. Rabindranath Tagore
By virtue of depression, we recall those misdeeds we buried in the depths of our memory. Depression exhumes our shames. Emil Cioran
One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals. Ayelet Waldman
But who is this who rides in silver white Attire that shames the stars across the night? Helmet and shield and corselet all a-gleam, Like some crusader from a drifting dream Upon a prancing jackass shod with flame- Rise, heralds of the past, bray forth his name. Robert E. Howard
And the city stood in its brightness when years later I returned, My face covered with a coat though now no one was left Of those who could have remembered my debts never paid, My shames not eternal, base deeds to be forgiven. And the city stood in its brightness when years later I returned. Czesław Miłosz
An endless war shames even a hero. African Proverb