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Shame

noun

A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.

A state of dishonor. Synonyms: disgrace, ignominy. "Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

An unfortunate development. Synonym: pity.

verb

(past & past part. shamed; pres. part. shaming)

Bring shame or dishonor upon. Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour.

Compel through a sense of shame.

Cause to be ashamed.

Surpass or beat by a wide margin.

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"Shame" Quotes from Famous Books

... "What a shame! Boys ought to know, after all, that medicine, taken in time, can save them from much pain ...

— The Adventures of Pinocchio • C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini

... of the discussion, notwithstanding, was to make the two Italians reluctant converts to the opinion of the Englishman, that the lugger was the dreaded and obnoxious Feu-Follet. Once convinced, however, shame, revenge, and mortification united with duty to quicken their exertions and to render them willing assistants in executing the schemes of Captain Cuffe. It was, perhaps, fortunate for Raoul and his associates that the English officers had so strong a desire, ...

— The Wing-and-Wing - Le Feu-Follet • J. Fenimore Cooper

... from the shaking hands of their contrite pursuers? Will not remorse seize their inmost souls, and vibrate through the hallowed habitation, in one universal cry of, "O men of God! live yet—so forgive—and pray for us!"—Ah, deadly shame! indelible disgrace! not here, not even here, could compunction or humanity find ...

— Brief Reflections relative to the Emigrant French Clergy (1793) • Frances Burney

... "Fred Badger is too good a fellow to let drop. We need him the worst kind to fill that gap at third. Besides, suspecting what we do, it would be a shame for us not to hold out a helping hand to a comrade who's up against it good ...

— Jack Winters' Baseball Team - Or, The Rivals of the Diamond • Mark Overton

... interpreting his lordship. To think of herself as personally disliked by a nobleman stupefied Mrs. Pagnell, from her just expectation of reciprocal dealings in high society; for she confessed herself a fly to a title. Where is the shame, if titles are created to attract? Elsewhere than in that upper circle, we may anticipate hard bargains; the widow of a solicitor had not to learn it. But when a distinguished member and ornament of the chosen ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

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