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Webster 1913 Edition
Shame
Shame
,Noun.
[OE.
shame
, schame
, AS. scamu
, sceamu
; akin to OS. & OHG. scama
, G. scham
, Icel. skömm
, shkamm
, Sw. & Dan. skam
, D. & G. schande
, Goth. skanda
shame, skaman sik
to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam
meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam
) of G. hemd
shirt, E. chemise
. Cf. Sham
.] 1.
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
HIde, for
Romans, your grandsires’ images,
That blush at their degenerate progeny.
shame
,Romans, your grandsires’ images,
That blush at their degenerate progeny.
Dryden.
Have you no modesty, no maiden
shame
? Shakespeare
2.
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Ye have borne the
shame
of the heathen. Ezek. xxxvi. 6.
Honor and
shame
from no condition rise. Pope.
And every woe a tear can claim
Except an erring sister's
Except an erring sister's
shame
. Byron.
3.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
O C[GREEK]sar, what a wounding
shame
is this! Shakespeare
Guides who are the
shame
of religion. Shakespeare
4.
The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Isa. xlvii. 3.
For shame!
you should be ashamed; shame on you!
– To put to shame
, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace.
“Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.” Ps. xl. 14.
Shame
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shamed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shaming
.] 1.
To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . .
shame
the world, and not the world him. South.
2.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
And with foul cowardice his carcass
shame
. Spenser.
3.
To mock at; to deride.
[Obs. or R.]
Ye have
shamed
the counsel of the poor. Ps. xiv. 6.
Shame
,Verb.
I.
To be ashamed; to feel shame.
[R.]
I do
To think of what a noble strain you are.
shame
To think of what a noble strain you are.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Shame
SHAME
, n. 1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt, or of having done something which injures reputation; or by of that which nature nature or modesty prompts us to conceal. Shame is particularly excited by the disclosure of actions which, in the view of men, are mean and degrading. Hence it it is often or always manifested by a downcast look or by blushes, called confusion of face.
Hide, for shame,
Romans, your grandsires' images,
That blush at their degenerate progeny. Dryden.