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shamed

Variant of shame

noun

  1. a painful feeling of having lost the respect of others because of the improper behavior, incompetence, etc. of oneself or of someone that one is close to or associated with
  2. a tendency to have feelings of this kind, or a capacity for such feeling
  3. dishonor or disgrace: to bring shame to one's family
  4. a person or thing that brings shame, dishonor, or disgrace
  5. something regrettable, unfortunate, or outrageous: it's a shame that he wasn't told

transitive verb shamed, shaming

  1. to cause to feel shame; make ashamed
  2. to dishonor or disgrace
  3. to drive, force, or impel by a sense of shame: shamed into apologizing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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