English

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪm|-eɪm

Etymology 1
Old English scamu. Compare Persian fa-Arab|شر� (sharm).

Noun
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1. uncomfortable|Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of unworthy|unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.

#: When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
#: The teenager couldn�t bear the shame of introducing his parents.

1. Something to regret.

#: It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
#: "And what you do to me is a shame." - Evelyn "Champagne" King, in the song Shame.

1. archaic That which is shameful and private, especially on the personal body.

#: Cover your shame!

Derived terms
body shame

While shame has a strong social element and can carry fear of being shut out of society, it is also possible to feel private shame at violating ones own private standards.

Nahuatl: pinauia
Occitan: vergonha f
Portuguese: t+|pt|vergonha|f
Russian: t+|ru|���д|m|trstyd|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|vergüenza|f
Swedish: skam c
Telugu: సి���� (siggu)
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trans-top|something to regret
Catalan: vergonya f
Chinese Characters: �
Chinese: �辱 (xiūr�)
Czech: Å¡koda f (pity), ostuda f
Dutch: schande f
Finnish: t-|fi|häpeä|f
French: t+|fr|honte|f
German: t-|de|Schande|f
Greek: ν��ο�ή (dropí) f
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Hungarian: t+|hu|szégyen
Japanese: � (��, haji), ��� (������), ��� (�����, tsurayogoshi)
Korean: �� (suchi)
Russian: t+|ru|���д|m|trstyd|scCyrl, t+|ru|позо�|m|trpozór|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|vergüenza|f
Swedish: t-|sv|synd|c
Telugu: సి���� (siggu)
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Etymology 2
Old English scamian

Verb
en-verb|sham|ing

1. To cause to feel shame.

#: I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.

Translations
trans-top|to cause to feel shame
Chinese: ��辱, 对�辱 (duì xiū r�)
Czech: styd�t se
Hungarian: t+|hu|megszégyenít, t+|hu|megaláz
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Japanese: ����|������ (haji o kakaseru)
Portuguese: t+|pt|envergonhar
Russian: ���ди��/п�и���ди�� (stydít'/pristydít')
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Derived terms
ashamed
shame on you
shamefaced
shameful
shameless

References
R:1913

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• 2007-12-25 04:00 - Tbot - added t for nl, pt, ru, hu

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