- shame someone
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shame someone
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shame — shame1 [ ʃeım ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a guilty and embarrassed feeling you have when you or someone else has behaved badly: He speaks about it openly and without shame. bow/hang your head in shame (=hold your head down and look away from people… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shame — [[t]ʃe͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦♦ shames, shaming, shamed 1) N UNCOUNT Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has. She felt a deep sense of shame... They feel shame and… … English dictionary
shame — noun 1》 a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour. 2》 dishonour. ↘a person or thing bringing dishonour. 3》 a regrettable or unfortunate thing. verb cause to feel ashamed. Phrases put… … English new terms dictionary
shame into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shame into : present tense I/you/we/they shame into he/she/it shames into present participle shaming into past tense shamed into past participle shamed into shame someone into doing something to make someone… … English dictionary
shame — [shām] n. [ME < OE scamu, akin to Ger scham] 1. a painful feeling of having lost the respect of others because of the improper behavior, incompetence, etc. of oneself or of someone that one is close to or associated with 2. a tendency to have… … English World dictionary
shame into — ˈshame ˌinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they shame into he/she/it shames into present participle shaming into past tense … Useful english dictionary
shame on you — spoken phrase used for telling someone that they should feel guilty or embarrassed Shame on you for not helping her! Thesaurus: ways of making or receiving criticism or blamehyponym to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
shame — I UK [ʃeɪm] / US noun ** 1) [singular] a reason for feeling sad or disappointed It seems a shame to waste all this food. It was a shame that you couldn t come with us. a great/crying/terrible shame: It would have been a crying shame if we had… … English dictionary
shame — 1 noun 1 (U) the uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed that you have when you have done something wrong: a deep sense of shame | to your shame (=making you feel ashamed): She realized to her shame that she had forgotten Nina s… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shame — shame1 S2 [ʃeım] n [: Old English; Origin: scamu] 1.) it s a shame/what a shame etc spoken used when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed ▪ She s failed her test again. What a shame! ▪ It s a shame that you have to … Dictionary of contemporary English
Shame — This article is about psychological, philosophical, and societal aspects of shame. For other uses, see Shame (disambiguation). Eve covers herself and lowers her head in shame in Rodin s sculpture Eve after the Fall … Wikipedia
