Shame

/สƒeษชm/

The meaning and definition of Shame, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. 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.
    โ€œThe teenager couldnโ€™t bear the shame of introducing his parents.โ€
  2. Something to regret.
    โ€œIt was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.โ€
interjection
  1. Expressing sympathy.
    โ€œShame, you poor thing, you must be cold!โ€
  2. 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.
Synonyms dishonor humiliation mortification pity
Antonyms honor

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