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For shame
(gcide) | Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to
OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. &
Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to
be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and
akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf.
Sham.]
1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or
impropriety, or of having done something which injures
reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or
modesty prompts us to conceal.
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HIde, for shame,
Romans, your grandsires' images,
That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak.
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2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy;
derision; contempt.
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Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek.
xxxvi. 6.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
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And every woe a tear can claim
Except an erring sister's shame. --Byron.
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3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach,
and degrades a person in the estimation of others;
disgrace.
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O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak.
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Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak.
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4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the
private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3.
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For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you!
To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to
disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame
that wish me evil." --Ps. xl. 14.
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