shame

shame is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
3. noun. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
4. noun. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
5. transitive verb. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
6. transitive verb. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
7. transitive verb. To mock at; to deride.
8. noun. To be ashamed; to feel shame.
9. noun. an unfortunate development

   "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

   Synonyms: pity

10. noun. a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
11. noun. a state of dishonor

    "one mistake brought shame to all his family"

    "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

    Synonyms: disgrace, ignominy

12. verb. surpass or beat by a wide margin
13. verb. cause to be ashamed
14. verb. compel through a sense of shame

    "She shamed him into making amends"

15. verb. bring shame or dishonor upon

    "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

    Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour

Synonyms

pity, disgrace, ignominy, attaint, dishonor, dishonour

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shame:

ahems, haems, hames, sahme, shema

Common word forms

shamed, shamer, shames, shaming, shameful, shameable, shameless

Words from these letters

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