Shame

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Shame

 NOUN
mass noun

  • 1A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.

    ‘she was hot with shame’
    ‘he felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie’
  • ‘what a shame Ellie won’t be here’
    ‘it is a shame that they are not better known’
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VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

  • 1Make (someone) feel ashamed.

    ‘I tried to shame him into giving some away’
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