Thesaurus:shame

Thesaurus

shame

English

Noun

Sense: uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor or other wrong

Synonyms

• abasement
• disgrace
• dishonour
• embarrassment
• humiliation
• ignominy
• mortification
• obloquy
• opprobrium
• shame
• unhonour

Antonyms

• exaltation
• honor

See also

• Thesaurus:disrepute
• Thesaurus:embarrassed
• Thesaurus:abash

Further reading

• “874. disrepute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “shame” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.