Shame

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To be ashamed; to feel shame.

II. Shame ·vt To mock at; to Deride.

III. Shame ·noun The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.

IV. Shame ·noun Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

V. Shame ·vt To cover with reproach or ignominy; to Dishonor; to Disgrace.

VI. Shame ·noun The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.

VII. Shame ·vt To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.

VIII. Shame ·noun 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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