noun
Watts felt abysmal shame at being discovered stealing from petty cash
To think that one knight's single act of cowardice in 1249 could have brought such shame to all his descendants
What a shame that Gerry failed the exam!
The people who wear bathing suits like that obviously have no shame at all
Cochrane put his opponents to shame when they failed to score a single point against him. b See 8, below
verb
He hated the teacher because she had shamed him in front of his friends
The other boys shamed him into admitting that he had done it
I am sure, son, that nothing you ever do would shame the family or me
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