Shame

What do we mean by shame?

A painful emotion caused by the awareness of having done something wrong or foolish. noun

Respect for propriety or morality. noun

A pervasive, negative emotional state, usually originating in childhood, marked by chronic self-reproach and a sense of personal failure. noun

A condition of disgrace or dishonor; ignominy. noun

A regrettable or unfortunate situation. noun

One that brings dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation. noun

To cause to feel shame. transitive verb

To cause to feel ashamed to the point of doing something. transitive verb

To bring dishonor or disgrace on. transitive verb

To disgrace by surpassing. transitive verb

(put to shame) To cause to feel shame. idiom

(put to shame) To outdo thoroughly; surpass. idiom

(sense of shame) An understanding and respect for propriety and morality. idiom

A painful feeling or sense of degradation excited by a consciousness of having done something unworthy of one's own previous idea of one's excellence; also, a peculiar painful feeling or sense of being in a situation offensive to decency, or likely to bring contempt upon the person experiencing the feeling. noun

Tendency to feel distress at any breach of decorum or decency, especially at any unseemly exposure of one's person. noun

A thing or person to be ashamed of; that which brings or is a source or cause of contempt, ignominy, or reproach; a disgrace or dishonor. noun

Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

Something to regret.

Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.

The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.

That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.

1. An expression of shock or disgust, used mildly in the '60s and '70s. Urban Dictionary

Collective noun 1. A pack of cougars, typically gathered for the purpose of hunting young male prey; most often spotted in bars and clubs of trashy repute. Urban Dictionary

The sensation you get upon realizing that the screenname you chose for Urban Dictionary is one that is used by many others and that all definitions created under that screenname are attributed to that single screenname. Urban Dictionary

A sarcastic use of the word, basically meaning 'haha, loser' Urban Dictionary

N: George Bush n: the feeling people have for George Bush v: to vote for George Bush; twice v: to run a country the way George Bush does Urban Dictionary

Listenin 2 p.diddy or nelly or using the phrase 'da bomb' Urban Dictionary

1. Being a Packer fan 2. Lying about what really happened 3. Punching walls cause "I'M DRUNK" Urban Dictionary

The South African way of saying: 1. cute 2. I feel bad for you 3. "haha, loser' in a sarcastic manner Urban Dictionary

The feeling you get when you fail at everything and you have to go home to your wife and kids look them in the eye and explain to them why santa claus cant come this year because daddy is a failure that is shame Urban Dictionary

More commonly know as a feeling similar to embarresment or guilt, shame has many deeper meanings. Unfortunately due to the stupid english language many of these meanings can not be described, only in example. It is normally said with pratically no expression. The true meanings are only known to a special few. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to shame:
shame, share, shake, shape, shade, same, sham, ashame, shave, shale, shane, hame, whame, shama, shime, shams, shae, shamo, shami, scame, shafe, chame, rhame, shaye, saame, sname, shamp, thame, shme, shawe, shome, shage.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shame:
humiliation, embarrassment, guilt, disgrace, disgust, stigma, anger, anxiety, emotions, pride, fear, rape, sin, suicide, scandal, feelings, punishment, self, sexual, abuse, feel, gay, revenge, feeling, you, cultures, moral.

Words that rhyme with shame:
game, name, frame, claim, aim, lame, same, blame, flame, surname, mame, acclaim, fame, ashame, tame, proclaim, timeframe, dame, reclaim, nickname, maim, declaim, defame, ame, exclaim, inflame, aspartame, disclaim, family name, came, became, counterclaim, basketball game, whame, aflame, mainframe, ballgame, maiden name, haim, overcame, videogame, aime, airframe, rename, squame, last name, one and the same, graeme, sejm, domain name, fair game, video game, all the same, bleyme, grande dame, grame, ball game, shell game, ysame, first name, running game, trade name, given name, card game, cname, picture frame, damme, hall of fame, assumed name, board game, big game, hockey game, chess game, brame, boehm, proper name, pen name, boehme, take aim, the same, parlor game, bame, confidence game, brandname, baseball game, window frame, con game, ill fame, lay claim, softball game, cold frame, christian name, volleyball game, numbers game, war game, waiting game, insurance claim, place name, computer game, head game.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shame:
great, such, more, own, false, very, public, much, damn, real, deep, eternal, open, national, damned, everlasting, terrible, greater, secret, bitter, sexual, personal, greatest, utter, toxic, intense, less, lasting, awful, sudden, moral, deepest, dirty, bloody, rotten, beastly, ingenuous, hot, conscious, cruel, perpetual, mingled, deeper, double, overwhelming, intolerable, inward, pure, foul, collective, healthy, profound, infernal, unspeakable, downright, hidden, guilty, least, perfect, internalized, darn, unacknowledged, naked, wicked, slightest, generous, unbearable, extreme, excessive, honest, momentary, sheer, noble, dreadful, vicarious, unutterable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shame:
guilt, fear, humiliation, despair, anger, affect, results, proneness, remorse, psychoanalytic, attacking, cultures, hath, embarrassment, horror, rage, therapy, self, anxiety, fall, feelings, reader, exposure, literacy, culture, love, disgrace, sense, signals, hector, harry, experiences, tears, management, emotions, roles, reactions, disappointment, spread, nothing, disgust, pride, based, characteristics, dogs, child, honor, abuse, indignation, functions, displacement, doubt, rides, acts, issues, sorrow, definition, feeling, light, husband, boys, conscience, sentiments, acknowledgment, sentiment, morality, pariahdom, captivity, curiosity, burns, flies, seals, regret, washes, shamelessness, punishment, anxieties, cuts, splendors, raise, repulse, attachment, stigma, surprise, revenge, volante.

Consonant match to shame:
sham, shim, shawm, schaum, shalm, shum, schum, schumm, schirm, schemm.

Words that sound like shame:
shame, sham, shane, shim, shem, shayne, shime, shum, shain, shawm, shaine, schum, shom, schaum, schemm, xim, scham, sjam, jame, chame, jaim, shine, shown, shun, sean, shin, sheen, shone, shawn, sion, shay, shaun, shamed, ashame, shan, shea, shon, shing, shen, shae, chez, -tion, xan, cian, shang, shames, xing, shyne, shean, shaye, schene, sheng, sze, shoun, shoon, shamer, shinn, shme, schon, shaya, schoen, shmoe, shoen, schein, shein, shamo, szene, scheen, schone, sheene, schin, shewn, siang, shahn, shm, shuang, shalem, shonn, hsin, hsien, scian, hsiang, hsian, schm, chain, chime, chum, chane, cham, chim, chaine, cheyne, chom, cheam, choom, chene, chimb, chm, chem-, chogm.