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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
Killing this living thing—an expensive “new home” gift to ourselves—still fills my partner and me with shame.
Authorities said he used the images to shame girls and extort high school victims by threatening to post more compromising content if they did not send more photos.
"There is this shame," she says.
He added that over the days since the report into the handling of Smyth's abuse was published, he had felt a "profound sense of shame at the historic safeguarding failures of the Church of England".
The last few days have renewed my long felt and profound sense of shame at the historic safeguarding failures of the Church of England.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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