- For shame
- Shame Shame, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to
OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. &
Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to
be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and
akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf.
{Sham}.]
1. 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.
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HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. [1913 Webster]
Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek. xxxvi. 6. [1913 Webster]
Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace. [1913 Webster]
O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3. [1913 Webster]
{For shame!} you should be ashamed; shame on you!
{To put to shame}, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. ``Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.'' --Ps. xl. 14. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.