'Shame' definitions:
Definition of 'shame'
(from WordNet)
noun
A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
noun
A state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy]
noun
An unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" [syn: pity, shame]
verb
Bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour, reward]
verb
Compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"
verb
Cause to be ashamed
verb
Surpass or beat by a wide margin
Definition of 'Shame'
From: GCIDE
- Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. [1913 Webster]
- Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek. xxxvi. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace. [1913 Webster]
- O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 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." --Ps. xl. 14. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shame'
From: GCIDE
- Shame \Shame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shaming.]
- 1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame. [1913 Webster]
- Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. [1913 Webster]
- And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv. 6. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shame'
From: GCIDE
- Shame \Shame\, v. i. [AS. scamian, sceamian. See Shame, n.] To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are. --Shak. [1913 Webster]