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shame
noun as in disgrace, embarrassment
Strongest matches
confusion, contempt, guilt, humiliation, irritation, remorse, scandal, stigma
Strong matches
abashment, blot, chagrin, compunction, contrition, degradation, derision, discomposure, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, reproach, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, smear, stupefaction, treachery
Weak matches
bad conscience, ill repute, loss of face, pudency, skeleton in the cupboard
verb as in disgrace, embarrass
Weak matches
cut down to size, give a black eye, shoot down, take down, take down a peg
Example Sentences
"For years I didn't talk about it, but now I've started. The shame shouldn't be on me, it should be on him. I refuse to have that shame."
She admitted she was not keen to use the mobile service at first but, when she witnessed others using it, her "shame and embarrassment" went away.
Welby talks freely now about what he got wrong and his sense of shame, and enthusiastically about the changes to safeguarding in the Church since 2013.
Others, who just wanted an infallible excuse to tote their animals alongside them to bars and cafes, had no such shame.
"At school, we weren't encouraged to go into farming. It's such a shame," said Bridgette.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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