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Noun shame has 3 senses
- shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
--1 is a kind of feeling
--1 has particulars: conscience; self-disgust, self-hatred; embarrassment
- shame, disgrace, ignominy - a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
--2 is a kind of dishonor, dishonour
--2 has particulars: humiliation; obloquy, opprobrium; odium; reproach
- pity, shame - an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
--3 is a kind of misfortune, bad luck
Verb shame has 4 senses
- dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame - bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to shame Sue
- shame - compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"
--2 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentences:
They shame him to write the letter
The performance is likely to shame Sue
- shame - cause to be ashamed
--3 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- shame - surpass or beat by a wide margin
--4 is one way to surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot shame Sue
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