shame
♦ shame /ʃ'eɪm/ (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...
I was, to my shame, a coward.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.
I don't want to bring shame on the family name...
= disgrace
3 [VERB] V n
If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.
Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.
4 [VERB] V n into/out of n/-ing
If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence...
5 [N-SING] a N, oft it v-link N that
If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks...
6 [CONVENTION]
You can use shame in expressions such as shame on you and shame on him to indicate that someone ought to feel shame for something they have said or done.
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.
His playing really put me to shame.
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...
I was, to my shame, a coward.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.
I don't want to bring shame on the family name...
= disgrace
3 [VERB] V n
If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.
Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.
4 [VERB] V n into/out of n/-ing
If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence...
5 [N-SING] a N, oft it v-link N that
If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks...
6 [CONVENTION]
You can use shame in expressions such as shame on you and shame on him to indicate that someone ought to feel shame for something they have said or done.
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.
His playing really put me to shame.