shame

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) An 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.
2. (uncountable, usually) Something to regret.
3. (uncountable, usually) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
4. (uncountable, usually) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
5. (uncountable, usually) That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
6. (uncountable, usually) The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.

Intj

1. 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.
2. (South-Africa) Expressing sympathy.

Adj

Feeling shame; ashamed.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
2. (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
3. (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
4. (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame, be ashamed.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.

Sinonieme

disgrace

dishonor

embarrassment

humiliate

shyness

modesty

humiliation

bashfulness

put to shame

embarrass

dishonour

ignominy

reproach

infamy

ashamed

pity

scandal

abashment

shy

opprobrium

mortify

insult

discredit

humble

attaint

guilt

abasement

timidity

disrepute

abash

degradation

defame

decency

ah

stain

be ashamed

conscience

sorrow

censure

baffle

remorse

slander

trouble

odium

obloquy

libel

mortification

blot

blemish

be abashed

Vertalings

honte

vergüenza

vergogna

Schande

Scham

vergonha

vergonya

schaamte

avergonzar

ντροπή

schande

beschämen

disonore

onta

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʃeɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: schame

Geërf van Old English: sċamu

Geërf van Middle English: schamen

Geërf van Old English: sċamian

In summary

From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Cognates
*German Scham (“shame”)
*German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”)
*Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish skam (“shame”)
*Faroese skomm (“shame, dishonour”)
*Icelandic skömm (“shame”)
*Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰 (skama, “shame”).