bring+shame

  • 1bring shame upon — index derogate, disgrace, dishonor (deprive of honor), humiliate, pillory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2bring shame on — cause disgrace to , cause dishonor to …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 3shame — [shām] n. [ME < OE scamu, akin to Ger scham] 1. a painful feeling of having lost the respect of others because of the improper behavior, incompetence, etc. of oneself or of someone that one is close to or associated with 2. a tendency to have… …

    English World dictionary

  • 4shame — I n. 1) to bring shame on, to, upon 2) to feel shame at (they felt shame at accepting bribes) 3) (colloq.) an awful, crying, dirty shame 4) a shame to + inf. (it s a shame to waste so much time = it s a shame wasting so much time) 5) a shame that …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 5shame — Synonyms and related words: abasement, abash, abashment, abomination, apologies, atrocity, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bad, besmirch, bitterness, blacken, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bully, burning shame,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6shame — 01. It s really a [shame] that Ken and Barbie didn t get married; they seemed so well suited to one another. 02. The little boy felt really [ashamed] of himself when his mother caught him stealing change out of her purse. 03. Many people feel… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 7shame — 1 noun 1 (U) the uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed that you have when you have done something wrong: a deep sense of shame | to your shame (=making you feel ashamed): She realized to her shame that she had forgotten Nina s… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8shame — [[t]ʃe͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦♦ shames, shaming, shamed 1) N UNCOUNT Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has. She felt a deep sense of shame... They feel shame and… …

    English dictionary

  • 9shame — n. & v. n. 1 a feeling of distress or humiliation caused by consciousness of the guilt or folly of oneself or an associate. 2 a capacity for experiencing this feeling, esp. as imposing a restraint on behaviour (has no sense of shame). 3 a state… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10shame — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scamu; akin to Old High German scama shame Date: before 12th century 1. a. a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety b. the susceptibility to such emotion < …

    New Collegiate Dictionary