shame

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Usage notes 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃeɪm/
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• Rhymes: -eɪm

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English scamu. Compare Persian شرم (sharm).

[edit] Noun

shame (uncountable)

1. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.

   When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.

   The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.

2. Something to regret.

   It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.

   "And what you do to me is a shame." - Evelyn "Champagne" King, in the song Shame.

3. (archaic) That which is shameful and private, especially on the personal body.

   Cover your shame!

[edit] Synonyms

• (something regrettable): pity

[edit] Derived terms

• body shame
• crying shame

[edit] Usage notes

• While shame is not generally counted, it is countable, for example

  I felt two shames: one for hurting my friend, and a greater one for lying about it.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English scamian

[edit] Verb

to shame (third-person singular simple present shames, present participle shaming, simple past and past participle shamed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:

     Therefore, brothir, I woll that ye wete I shame nat to be with hym nor to do hym all the plesure that I can.

2. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.

   I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• ashamed
• shame on you
• shamefaced
• shameful
• shamefully
• shameless
• shamelessly

[edit] References

• shame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aehms
• ahems
• haems
• hames
• Shema