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Definition of shame verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shame

verb
 
/ʃeɪm/
 
/ʃeɪm/
Verb Forms
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/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. 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
    preposition
    • into
    See full entry
  2. shame somebody (formal) to make somebody feel that they have lost honour or respect
    • You have shamed your family.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • publicly
    preposition
    • into
    See full entry
  3. 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
name and shame
  1. (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.
See shame in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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