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noun

Shame n.

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. "HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny." "Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?"

Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. "Ye have borne the shame of the heathen." "Honor and shame from no condition rise." "And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame."

The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace. "Guides who are the shame of religion."

The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.

For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you!

To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil."

verb

Shame v. t. (past & past part. shamed; pres. part. shaming)

To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame. "Were there but one righteous in the world, he would... shame the world, and not the world him."

To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. "And with foul cowardice his carcass shame."

To mock at; to deride. (Obs. or R.) "Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor."

Shame v. i. To be ashamed; to feel shame. (R.) "I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are."

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Etymology of 'Shame'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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