shame
Definition
- n. a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- n. a state of dishonor
- v. compel through a sense of shame
- v. cause to be ashamed
Word forms
- Past participle
- shamed
- Third person singular
- shames
- Past tense
- shamed
- Present participle
- shaming
Example sentences
n.
She felt a deep sense of shame after forgetting her best friend's birthday.
vt.
The teacher shamed the student for not completing his homework.