Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skamō
Proto-West Germanic *skamu
Old English sċamu
Middle English schame
English shame
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
Meanings
(Australian) Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention.
Int.[:] What types of things have you learnt about at AIME, like about yourselves or about others?
Deon[:] To be confident.
Greg[:] Yeah be confident. And not be shame… 2018, Anthony McKnight, Valerie Harwood, Samantha McMahon, Amy Priestly, Jake Trindorfer, “'No shame at AIME': listening to Aboriginal philosophy and methodologies to theorise shame in educational contexts”, in The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 52 of 46–56:
She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed. 1998, Robyn Lynn, Rosamund Thorpe, Debra Miles with Christine Cutts, Anne Butcher, Linda Ford, 'Murri way!': Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders reconstruct social welfare practice, Centre for Social Research, →ISBN, page 47:
Aunty Gracelyn is most famous for her role in developing 'Condoman', the Indigenous superhero whose catchcry and public health message 'don’t be shame be game, use condoms!' became a defining figure of Australia's HIV and AIDS crisis. 2024, Geraldine Fela, “Don't be shame, be game! Responding to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities”, in History Australia, volume 21, number 2, →DOI, page 262 of 261–279:
(Australian) Causing embarrassment or shyness.
"A lot of the time when we want to do stuff we'll be like, 'Oh no, that's shame — I don't want to do that because I'll be on my own'," Headland told NIT. 2021 June 1, “Danielle Headland seeking to inspire future Indigenous health workers”, in National Indigenous Times:
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skamō
Proto-West Germanic *skamu
Old English sċamu
Middle English schame
English shame
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
Meanings
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.
Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements."
#*: Mr. Charles R. Morris: Shame. 1982, “Telecommunications Bill”, in Hansard:
[…] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever — (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars") 1831, The Bristol Job Nott; or, Labouring Man's Friend:
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of what a shame; expressing disappointment or sympathy
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skamō
Proto-West Germanic *skamu
Old English sċamu
Middle English schame
English shame
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).
Meanings
(uncountable, usually) 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.
When he had saied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […] 1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Aristippus”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book I, folio 43, verso, paragraph 42:
The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep 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. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(uncountable, usually) Something to regret.
And what you do to me is a shame. 1977, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Shame:
It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
But why does it always seem to be / Me lookin' at you, you lookin' at me / It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all 1983 October 31, Genesis, “That's All”, in Genesis:
Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 – a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable – boy, can those trains shift under the wires. 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
Nor can thy ſhame giue phiſicke to my griefe, 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
(uncountable, usually) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
And every woe a tear can claim
Except an erring sister's shame. 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour:
[…] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen, 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 36:6:
Honour and shame from no condition rise. 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
(uncountable, usually) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
guides who are the shame of religion 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move. Waiting for him to leap forward and rip off his flimsy flightsuit, exposing his shame: his illustrated body, Rimmer's cheating frame. 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:
(uncountable, usually) That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
The trouble started early this morning when Pop was shoving his shirt and vest into his pants so he could cover his shame, as he puts it. 2015, Marlene van Niekerk, Triomf, →ISBN:
And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame. 1902, R. H. Charles, transl., The book of Jubilees, or The little Genesis, London: A. and C. Black, 3:22, page 26:
She didn't even have her handbag, because Zelda had thoughtfully left it in the kitchen along with her clothes. And nobody had even offered her so much as a T-shirt to cover her shame. 2010, Jill Mansell, Millie's Fling, →ISBN:
She turns to lift her robe, and lays it across her as though she were revealing her shame, as though she were naked. 1991, Martha Graham, Blood Memory, Washington Square Press:
His genitals lank between his legs, his chin dipped upon his breast, staring down at his shame. 2015, Marion Grace Woolley, Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran, Ghostwoods Books, page 182:
(uncountable, usually) 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.
Don't you have any shame?
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honor (antonym(s) of “uncomfortable or painful feeling”) · exaltation
cmn 羞辱 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · da skam (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · gl vergoña (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · br mezh (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · th ความละอายใจ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · he בּוּשָׁה (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · az utanc (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · kmr eyb (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ltg kauns (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · uz sharm (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · km ការអាម៉ាស់ (something to regret) · lez айиб (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sw fedheha (something to regret) · sv synd (something to regret) · fi häpeä (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · ba оят (cause or reason of shame) · sc vilgonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ko 수치 (something to regret) · mi aniutanga (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · gl mágoa (something to regret) · uz nomus (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · es vergüenzas (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · id malu (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · hi शर्म (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · zza eib (something to regret) · uk ганьба́ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · nb skam (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · pt vergonha (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · vi sự xấu hổ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · de Scham (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · de Schande (something to regret) · te సిగ్గు (something to regret) · jv isin (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · vec vargogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ru стыд (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bg свян (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · uk со́ром (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cmn 羞恥 /羞耻 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ug نومۇس (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · is háðung (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ru жаль (something to regret) · it putenza (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · mi whakamā (something to regret) · vi mối nhục (cause or reason of shame) · orv соромъ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · az ayıb (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ru доса́да (something to regret) · ar عَيْب (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · uz uyat (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ka დასანანი (something to regret) · txb yase (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · scn vrigogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · got 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · kmr şerm (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ja 羞恥心 (something to regret) · sw aibu (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tr ayıp (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · crh ayıp (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · yai шарм (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bni nconi (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ln nsóni (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mni ꯏꯀꯥꯏ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · te సిగ్గు (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · scn briogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · es lástima (something to regret) · fur vergonze (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sl sramota (something to regret) · ja 面汚し (something to regret) · io shamo (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fi häpeä (cause or reason of shame) · fi häpy (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · ba оят (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · be со́рам (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · scn virgogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mn ᠢᠴᠢᠭᠦᠷᠢ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ja 面汚し (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ja 羞恥心 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cy gwaradwydd (something to regret) · it peccato (something to regret) · la pudor (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mer aibu (something to regret) · an vergüenya (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · oc vergonha (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · hu kár (something to regret) · it vergogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ru срам (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · et häbi (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · uz or (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bcl supog (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · it vergogne (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · ilo bain (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ug ئار (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · as লাজ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fi häväistys (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · ar خَجَل (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ta களங்கம் (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · ga náire (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · unm mixanësëwakàn (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bn লজ্জা (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sh srȃm (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cy cywillydd (something to regret) · ang ǣwisċ (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · ota محجوبلق (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · izh häppiä (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bn শরম (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · rup arushini (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · nn synd (something to regret) · hu szégyen (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cmn 恥辱 /耻辱 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · pl sromota (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fi nolous (cause or reason of shame) · pdt Schaund (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fr dommage (something to regret) · mi māteatea (something to regret) · de Schande (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ckb شەرم (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mn ичгүүр (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ca llàstima (something to regret) · tt оят (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ist varguogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · scn russura (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · lv kauns (something to regret) · zza eyb (something to regret) · sh сра̑м (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ko 수치 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cs ostuda (something to regret) · zza ar (diq) (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · vi sự thẹn (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ja 恥 (something to regret) · pl wstyd (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fi häpeä (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · la poena (something to regret) · ga náire (something to regret) · ka საწყენი (something to regret) · sc bilgonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sh сти̑д (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tet moe (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sc bregúngia (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ta அவமானம் (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · enm schame (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · fa-ira شَرْم (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ca pudor (something to regret) · gl pena (something to regret) · ast virgüenza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mi whakamā (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · la pudor (something to regret) · cu срамъ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · nn skam (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bg срам (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · vi điều đáng tiếc (something to regret) · cmn 羞辱 (something to regret) · zza eib (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · co vargogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · scn sdilleggiu (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · uk стид (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tk utanç (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · el ντροπή (something to regret) · zza eyv (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bg срам (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · nrf honte (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ps شرم (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · nl schande (something to regret) · enm schame (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sl sram (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tg шарм (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mwl bargonha (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · km អាស្រូវ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tl hiya (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cy cywillydd (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · sc bergugna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fur vergonge (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sh stȋd (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ce эхь (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · zza şerm (diq) (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mi ngaringariā (something to regret) · txb kwīpe (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ast vergüenza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · gl vergonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · es acholo (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · uga 𐎁𐎅𐎘 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ca vergonya (something to regret) · nap scuorno (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · izh häpy (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · kk ұят (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · km ខ្មាស (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sc frigonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ug ئۇيات (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · hy ամոթ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mr लाज (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · eu lotsa (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mi ngaringariā (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · eo honto (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fi häpeä (something to regret) · nb synd (something to regret) · ka სირცხვილი (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sa लज्जा (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · enm schendschipe (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · sq turp (something to regret) · sk stud (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sh sramòta (something to regret) · bg сра́мни ча́сти (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · hy խայտառակություն (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tr ayıp (something to regret) · ru позо́р (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · gl vergoña (something to regret) · inh эхь (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mk срам (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ar عَار (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · rom lazhav (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · tr utanç (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ang sċamu (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ckb شوورەیی (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · az abır (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fr honte (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ceb kaulaw (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ro rușine (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sv skam (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ast vergonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ky уят (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · da skam (something to regret) · prs شَرْم (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · pt vergonha (something to regret) · cu ⱄⱃⰰⰿⱏ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · is skömm (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · egl vargåggna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · hi लज्जा (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · mwl bergonha (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ja 恥 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · uga 𐎁𐎅𐎘 (something to regret) · mi māteatea (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · vi sự hổ thẹn (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cmn 倒霉 (something to regret) · ast vergoña (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · vi sự ngượng (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · grc αἰσχύνη (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · enm schendschipe (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · be стыд (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · km លជ្ជាភាព (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sk hanba (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · bg позо́р (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · pag baing (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ba үкенес (something to regret) · scn vivrogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ca vergonya (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · eo hontaĵo (something to regret) · sc birgonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ur شَرْم (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cs škoda (something to regret) · he חֶרְפָּה (something to regret) · sc bregunza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sc brigunza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cy cywillydd (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · es acholamiento (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · pl hańba (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ckb عەیب (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fax vergonza (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · sq turp (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · tk uýat (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ru срам (that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) · scn vriogna (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ii ꎲ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · km ហិរិ (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · enm schame (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · enm schame (cause or reason of shame) · kaw isin (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · rsk ганьба (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · el ντροπή (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cs hanba (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ba оят (reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) · sw aibu (something to regret) · fi vahinko (something to regret) · ta வெட்கம் (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ast vergüeña (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · nah pinauia (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌹 (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · fi harmi (something to regret) · os ӕфсӕрм (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · cs stud (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · aln marre (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · ln nsoni (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · lv kauns (uncomfortable or painful feeling) · akl huya' (uncomfortable or painful feeling)
From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną.
Cognates
*Dutch schamen (“to be ashamed”)
*German schämen (“to be ashamed or embarrassed, bashful”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål skamme (“to be ashamed”)
*Icelandic skamma (“to scold”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 (skaman, “to be ashamed”).
Meanings
(transitive) To cause to feel shame.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would[…]shame the world, and not the world him. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
(transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
And with fowle cowardize his carcas ſhame, 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13, page 295:
(transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
It is disgraceful that you should be used by adults for the purpose of trying to shame us because our extraction of timber from our forests. 1987 August 15, Mahathir Mohamad, Mahathir Mohamad's letter to Darrell Abercrombie:
Stop shaming others about their food choices.
(transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
The politician was shamed into resigning.
(intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame, be ashamed.
Broder she said I can not telle yow For it was not done by me nor by myn assente
For he is my lord and I am his
and he must be myn husband
therfore my broder I wille that ye wete I shame me not to be with hym
nor to doo hym alle the pleasyr that I can 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XXII, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:
I do ſhame to thinke of what a noble ſtraine you are, and of how coward a ſpirit. c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
(obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 14:6:
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Antonyms
honor (antonym(s) of “to cause to feel shame”) · dignify (antonym(s) of “to cause to feel shame”)
humiliate (to cause to feel shame) · insult (to cause to feel shame) · mortify (to cause to feel shame) · confound (to cause to feel shame) · abash · demean (to cause to feel shame)
Translations (54)
uk осоро́млювати (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · ru пристыди́ть (to cause to feel shame) · ga imdhearg (to cause to feel shame) · ja 侮辱する (to cause to feel shame) · de beschämen (to cause to feel shame) · ga náirigh (to cause to feel shame) · cmn 對羞辱 /对羞辱 (to cause to feel shame) · ru стыди́ть (to cause to feel shame) · ru позо́рить (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · enm schamen (to denounce as having done something shameful) · fi häpäistä (to cause to feel shame) · gl avergoñar (to cause to feel shame) · ru опозо́рить (to cause to feel shame) · ru ше́ймить (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · da skamme ud (to cause to feel shame) · ga tabhair náire do (to cause to feel shame) · ja 恥をかかせる (to cause to feel shame) · es zaherir (to cause to feel shame) · he בייש (to cause to feel shame) · uk осоро́мити (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · hu megaláz (to cause to feel shame) · yi פֿאַרשעמען (to cause to feel shame) · sh postídjeti (to cause to feel shame) · pt envergonhar (to cause to feel shame) · uk посоро́мити (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · tr utandırmak (to cause to feel shame) · fr honnir (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · ru пристыди́ть (to denounce as having done something shameful) · uk присоро́млювати (to denounce as having done something shameful) · enm schamen (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · sw -aibisha (to cause to feel shame) · el ντροπιάζω (to cause to feel shame) · bg засрамвам (to cause to feel shame) · uk соро́мити (to cause to feel shame) · ru посрамля́ть (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · ka შეარცხვენს (to cause to feel shame) · ga adhnáirigh (to cause to feel shame) · ru осрамля́ть (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · sh posrámiti (to cause to feel shame) · enm schamen (to cause to feel shame) · grc αἰσχύνω (to cause to feel shame) · uk присоро́мити (to denounce as having done something shameful) · ota اوتاندیرمق (to cause to feel shame) · hu megszégyenít (to cause to feel shame) · be прысаро́мліваць (to denounce as having done something shameful) · pl zawstydzać (to cause to feel shame) · ru стыди́ть (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · be прысаро́міць (to denounce as having done something shameful) · ru пристыжа́ть (to denounce as having done something shameful) · uk соро́мити (to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) · ka არცხვენს (to cause to feel shame) · fi saattaa häpeään (to cause to feel shame) · ru позо́рить (to cause to feel shame) · ga cuir náire ar (to cause to feel shame)