Толковый словарь английского языка - shame
Shame
shame
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scamu; akin to Old High German scama ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety, the susceptibility to such emotion , a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute ; ignominy , 3. something that brings censure or reproach, a cause of feeling ~, II. transitive verb (~d; shaming) Date: 13th century to bring ~ to ; disgrace , to put to ~ by outdoing, to cause to feel ~, to force by causing to feel guilty
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n. & v. --n. 1 a feeling of distress or humiliation caused by consciousness of the guilt or folly of oneself or an associate. 2 a capacity for experiencing this feeling, esp. as imposing a restraint on behaviour (has no sense of shame). 3 a state of disgrace, discredit, or intense regret. 4 a a person or thing that brings disgrace etc. b a thing or action that is wrong or regrettable. --v.tr. 1 bring shame on; make ashamed; put to shame. 2 (foll. by into, out of) force by shame (was shamed into confessing). Phrases and idioms for shame! a reproof to a person for not showing shame. put to shame disgrace or humiliate by revealing superior qualities etc. shame on you! you should be ashamed. what a shame! how unfortunate! Etymology: OE sc(e)amu ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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