Word Meaning

Meaning of shame

- 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.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
- The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
- To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
- To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
- To mock at; to deride.
- To be ashamed; to feel shame.

Crossword clue for shame

- Disgrace
- Disgrace, ignominy
- Finish a meal to conceal guilt
- Fraudulent engineer in disgrace
- Humiliation
- Ignominy
- Ignominy or disgrace