English to English
shame
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noun (n)
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt(noun.feeling)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- compel through a sense of shame(verb.social)Example:
She shamed him into making amends.
source: wordnet30 - cause to be ashamed(verb.emotion)source: wordnet30
- surpass or beat by a wide margin(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be ashamed; to feel shame.(verb)source: webster1913