shame

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪ̯m/, [ˈʃeɪ̯m] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈʃæɪ̯m/, [ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯m] Rhymes: -eɪm Hyphenation: shame === Etymology 1 === From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. ==== Noun ==== shame (usually uncountable, plural shames) An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private. Something to regret. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts. The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency. ===== Synonyms ===== (uncomfortable or painful feeling): dishonor (something regrettable): dishonor, humiliation, mortification, pity See also: Thesaurus:shame ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “uncomfortable or painful feeling”): honor ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== shame A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates. Ellipsis of what a shame; expressing disappointment or sympathy Synonyms: what a pity; see also Thesaurus:what a pity ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== shame (comparative more shame, superlative most shame) (Australian Aboriginal) Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention. Causing embarrassment or shyness. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną. ==== Verb ==== shame (third-person singular simple present shames, present participle shaming, simple past and past participle shamed) (transitive) To cause to feel shame. Synonym: abash (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame. (transitive) To drive or compel by shame. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed. (obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (to cause to feel shame): demean, humiliate, insult, mortify, confound ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “to cause to feel shame”): honor, dignify ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “shame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Hames, Shema, ahems, haems, hames, heams == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== shame alternative form of schame === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== shame alternative form of schamen == Unami == === Etymology === By surface analysis, sham- (“grease”) +‎ -e (verb suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃaː.meː/ Rhymes: -aːmeː === Verb === shame (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive), animate equivalent shamësi) To be greasy, to be oily. === References === Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “shame”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project