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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

... kept her thoughts away from an especial topic because of the shame that still dwelt with her, Lida faced what she knew was the real and greater reason for her growing determination to step between Echford Flagg and his enemies. Alfred Kennard had stolen money from Echford Flagg. Sylvia Kennard had grieved her heart out over the thing. There were the bitter letters ...

— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day

... it for me," he said. "You know how a thousand times better than any stenographer. And now I want to give you some advice." He drew a bulky manuscript from his outside coat pocket. "Here's your 'Shame of the Sun.' I've read it not once, but twice and three times—the highest compliment I can pay you. After what you've said about 'Ephemera' I must be silent. But this I will say: when 'The Shame of the Sun' is published, it will make a hit. It will start a controversy that ...

— Martin Eden • Jack London

... changes on the few words of abuse which invention or knowledge supplied, as we sat damp and shivering on the verge of the slope, idly sending down pieces of broken columns which brought forth tantalising sounds from the subterranean regions. At length Renaud was moved to shame, and declared that he would cut his way down, rope or no rope; but this seemed so horribly hazardous a proceeding under all the circumstances, that I forbad his attempting it. Seeing, however, that he was determined to do ...

— Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland • George Forrest Browne

... keep it very private indeed, I don't want anyone to enter it unless I am here." George mounted his lie and galloped it, blushing for shame of his steed. "The fact is, Mrs. Pinner, I'm an inventor. Yes, an inventor. Oh, yes, an inventor." The wretched steed was stumbling, but he clung on; spurred afresh. "An inventor. And I have to leave things lying ...

— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson

... be a shame," says I. "Them late romances come so sudden. Why not just let her press it and put it away? Clyde will ...

— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford

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