Look up: Shame

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   shame
   [n] - a state of dishonor 2. [n] - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt 3. [v] - compel through a sense of shame 4. [v] - cause to be ashamed 5. [v] - surpass or beat by a wide margin
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   Shame
   Shame noun [ Middle English shame , schame , Anglo-Saxon scamu , sceamu ; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German scama , German scham , Icelandic skömm , shkamm , Swedish & Danish skam , D. & German schande , Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin ...
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   Shame
   Shame transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shamed ; present participle & verbal noun Shaming .] 1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame. « Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the ...
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   Shame
   Shame intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon scamian , sceamian . See Shame , noun ] To be ashamed; to feel shame. [ R.] « I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are.» Shak.
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   shame
   1. 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. 'HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny.' (Dryden) 'Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?' (Shak) ...
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   shame
   noun a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
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   shame
   disgrace noun a state of dishonor; `one mistake brought shame to all his family`; `suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison`
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   Shame
   : `Shame` is the consciousness or awareness of dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation. Genuine shame is associated with genuine dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation. False shame is associated with false condemnation as in the double-bind form of false shaming; `he brought what we did to him upon himself`. Therapist John Bradshaw calls shame the `emotion that lets us know we are finite`.
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   Shame
   • (n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame. • (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. • (v. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. • (v. t.) To mock at; to deride. • (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. • (v. t.) To make ashamed;...
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    Shame
    (from the article `Bergman, Ingmar`) ...the island provided a characteristic stage for the dramas of a whole series of films that included Persona (1966), Vargtimmen (1968; Hour of the ...
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    Shame
    (from the article `English literature`) ...inventively mixes fact and fantasy, reportage, art criticism, autobiography, parable, and pastiche in its working of fictional variations on the ...
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