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Synonyms for shame
ʃeɪmshame

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 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

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How to use shame in a sentence?

  1. President Donald Trump:

    They say take it, i'm not looking at it one way or the other, but Pearl Harbor weekFor doctors want to get out of this. If it does work, it would be a shame if Pearl Harbor weekFor doctors didn't do it early. But Pearl Harbor weekFor doctors have some very good signs.

  2. Barry Schwartz:

    I don't think any Canadian bank has one dollar of assets in Greece anymore. If they do, shame on them because everybody knew about this four years ago.

  3. Melissa Hardecopf:

    School security is a big discussion, and everyone thinks it is a shame [ we need to talk about it ], but everyone wants to feel a little more empowered, that they can provide safety for their kids in their school.

  4. South African Els:

    The course is going to be set up by the tournament officials and that's a great shame because it's such a great course, i know it so well. I could have given my inputs though my years of playing down there and ... tried to set it up to benefit our players. It would have been a wonderful way to go into these matches but they've set the rules.

  5. Chuck Schumer:

    Instead of doing what you should be doing when you lose an election in a democracy, attempting to win over those voters in the next election, Republicans instead are trying to disenfranchise those voters, shame on them.


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