Antonyms for shame
ʃeɪmshame

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. shame

   Any sense of inferiority abashes, with or without the sense of wrong. The poor are abashed at the splendor of wealth, the ignorant at the learning of the wise. "I might have been abashed by their authority." Gladstone Homeric Synchron., p. 72. [Harper & Bros. '76.] To confuse is to bring into a state of mental bewilderment; to confound is to overwhelm the mental faculties; to daunt is to subject to a certain degree of fear. Embarrass is a strong word, signifying primarily hamper, hinder, impede. A solitary thinker may be confused by some difficulty in a subject, or some mental defect; one is embarrassed in the presence of others, and because of their presence. Confusion is of the intellect, embarrassment of the feelings. A witness may be embarrassed by annoying personalities, so as to become confused in statements. To mortify a person is to bring upon him a painful sense of humiliation, whether because of his own or another's fault or failure. A pupil is confused by a perplexing question, a general confounded by overwhelming defeat. A hostess is discomposed by the tardiness of guests, a speaker disconcerted by a failure of memory. The criminal who is not abashed at detection may be daunted by the officer's weapon. Sudden joy may bewilder, but will not abash. The true worshiper is humbled rather than abashed before God. The parent is mortified by the child's rudeness, the child abashed at the parent's reproof. The embarrassed speaker finds it difficult to proceed. The mob is overawed by the military, the hypocrite shamed by exposure. "A man whom no denial, no scorn could abash." Fielding Amelia bk. iii, ch. 9, p. 300. [Bell & Sons '71.] Compare CHAGRIN; HINDER.

   Antonyms:
   animate, buoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, inspirit, rally, uphold

   Synonyms:
   abash, bewilder, chagrin, confound, confuse, daunt, discompose, disconcert, dishearten, embarrass, humble, humiliate, mortify, overawe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shamenoun

   Antonyms:
   shamelessness, barefacedness, immodesty, impudence, indecency, indecorum, impropriety, honor, glory, exaltation, renown, credit

   Synonyms:
   abashment, humiliation, modesty, shamefacedness, decency, decorum, reproach, dishonor, ignominy, contempt, degradation, discredit, dispraise

2. shameverb

   Synonyms:
   abash, humiliate, fill with shame, disgrace

Matched Categories

1. • Compel
   • Dishonor
   • Elicit
   • Feeling
   • Surpass

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. shamenoun

   a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

   Synonyms:
   ignominy, disgrace, pity

2. shame, disgrace, ignominynoun

   a state of dishonor

   "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

   Synonyms:
   ignominy, disgrace, pity

3. pity, shameverb

   an unfortunate development

   "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, ignominy, ruth, commiseration, pathos, pity, compassion

4. dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shameverb

   bring shame or dishonor upon

   "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

   Synonyms:
   violate, put down, discredit, dishonor, demean, ravish, attaint, take down, outrage, assault, rape, dishonour, disgrace, degrade

5. shameverb

   compel through a sense of shame

   "She shamed him into making amends"

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, attaint, dishonour, disgrace

6. shameverb

   cause to be ashamed

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, attaint, dishonour, disgrace

7. shameverb

   surpass or beat by a wide margin

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, attaint, dishonour, disgrace

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shamenoun

   Synonyms:
   ignominy, dishonor, reproach, derision, contempt discredit, opprobrium, scandal, disgrace, obloquy, mortification, abashment, humiliation, discomfiture, modesty, decency

2. shameverb

   Synonyms:
   humiliate, mortify, disconcert, disgrace, degrade, mock, deride, ridicule

How to use shame in a sentence?

1. Ali Nur:

   This is a great shame and it will be difficult for the residents to trust the Somali government and the AU troops, we ask the government and AMISOM to send their troops as soon as possible.

2. Lisa Sanders:

   There's so much stigma and shame attached to STDs I'm sure they would do anything to avoid having to address that if it's not true, so I understand it, even though I might disagree with it.

3. Johanna Konta:

   I don't agree with athletes having to physically exert themselves in the early hours, i don't think it is healthy -- in fact I think it is quite dangerous. In the circumstances I thought Garbine Muguruza put on a great match and it's a shame more people couldn't see it.

4. Luigi Pirandello:

   It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!

5. Donald Trump:

   Charles Herbster's been badly maligned and it's a shame. That's why I came out here, it would have been easy for me to say,' I'm not gon na come.' I defend my people when I know they're good.

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