shame

  • (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.
  • (noun): Something to regret.
  • (noun): Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
  • (noun): The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
  • (noun): That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
  • (interjection): A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
  • (interjection): Expressing sympathy.
  • The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.
  • It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
  • Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!