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Definition: Meaning of, shame in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʃeɪm /

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  1. it's a shame/what a shame etc spoken used when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed
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  2. [uncountable] the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong
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  3. [uncountable] the ability to feel shame
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  4. shame on you/him/them etc spoken used to say that someone should feel guilty or embarrassed because of something they have done
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  5. put somebody/something to shame to be so much better than someone or something else that it makes the other thing seem very bad or ordinary
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shame shamed shamed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
shaming shames
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  1. to make someone feel ashamed
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  2. shame somebody into doing something to force someone to do something by making them feel ashamed
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  3. to be so much better than someone else that you make them seem bad or feel embarrassed
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  4. to make someone feel they have lost all honour and respect
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shame used in phrases

  • bloody shame (noun)
    1. a Bloody Mary made without alcohol
  • sense of shame (noun)
    1. a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
  • shame plant (noun)
    1. prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
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shame used in phrasal verbs

  • shame into (phrasal verb)
    1. shame someone into doing something to make someone feel so guilty or embarrassed that they do what you want
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