Word Definition

Shame

  1. To mock at; to deride.
  2. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
  3. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
  4. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
  5. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
  6. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
  7. To be ashamed; to feel shame.
  8. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.