shame
verb/ʃeɪm/
/ʃeɪm/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they shame | /ʃeɪm/ /ʃeɪm/ |
| he / she / it shames | /ʃeɪmz/ /ʃeɪmz/ |
| past simple shamed | /ʃeɪmd/ /ʃeɪmd/ |
| past participle shamed | /ʃeɪmd/ /ʃeɪmd/ |
| -ing form shaming | /ˈʃeɪmɪŋ/ /ˈʃeɪmɪŋ/ |
- shame somebody to make somebody feel ashamed
- His generosity shamed them all.
- The people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- publicly
- into
- shame somebody (formal) to make somebody feel that they have lost honour or respect
- You have shamed your family.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- publicly
- into
Word OriginOld English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb).
Idioms
See shame in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryname and shame
- (British English) to publish the names of people or organizations who have done something wrong or illegal
- The companies that pollute our rivers should be named and shamed.
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