Definition of shame

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Shame (n.) 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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Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame..
Contumelious :: Contumelious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful.
Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman..
Blush :: Blush (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face..
Basely :: Basely (adv.) In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
Shame :: Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Impudently :: Impudently (adv.) In an impudent manner; with unbecoming assurance; shamelessly.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say..
Disgraceful :: Disgraceful (a.) Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man..
Shonde :: Shonde (n.) Harm; disgrace; shame.
Flush :: Flush (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow..
Face :: Face (n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.
Abashment :: Abashment (n.) The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
Shame-proof :: Shame-proof (n.) Shameless.
Pudency :: Pudency (n.) Modesty; shamefacedness.
Slander :: Slander (v. t.) To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Frontless :: Frontless (a.) Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
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