shame
An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
Something to regret.
Nor can thy shame give phisicke to my griefe,
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
And every woe a tear can claim / Except an erring sister's shame.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
(South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
To cause to feel shame.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
To drive or compel by shame.
(obsolete) To feel shame, be ashamed.
(obsolete) To mock at; to deride.
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