SHAME, n.

1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt, or of having done something which injures reputation; or by of that which nature nature or modesty prompts us to conceal. Shame is particularly excited by the disclosure of actions which, in the view of men, are mean and degrading. Hence it it is often or always manifested by a downcast look or by blushes, called confusion of face.

Hide, for shame,

Romans, your grandsires' images,

That blush at their degenerate progeny. Dryden.

1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt, or of having done something which injures reputation; or by the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal. Shame is particularly excited by the disclosure of actions which, in the view of men, are mean and degrading. Hence it is often or always manifested by a downcast look or by blushes, called confusion of face. Hide, for shame, / Romans, your grandsires' images, that blush at their degenerate progeny. – Dryden. Shame prevails when reason is defeated. – Rambler.
2. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others. Thus an idol is called a shame. – Hos. ix. Guides, who are the shame of religion. – South.
3. Reproach; ignominy; derision; contempt. Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. – Ezek. xxxvi.
4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered.
5. Dishonor; disgrace. – Prov. ix.

To be ashamed. To its trunk authors give such a magnitude, as I shame to repeat. – Ralegh. [This verb, I believe, is no longer used intransitively.]

1. To make ashamed; to excite a consciousness of guilt or of doing something derogatory to reputation; to cause to blush. Who shames a scribbler, breaks a cobweb through. – Pope. I write not these things to shame you. – 1 Cor. iv.
2. To disgrace. And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. – Spenser.
3. To mock at. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. – Ps. xiv.

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.
   
   

   HIde, for shame,
   Romans, your grandsires' images,
   That blush at their degenerate progeny. Dryden.

   Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? Shak.

2. To make ashamed] to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
   
   

   Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him. South.

3. To be ashamed; to feel shame.
   
   
   [R.]

   I do shame
   To think of what a noble strain you are. Shak.

4. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
   
   

   Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. Ezek. xxxvi. 6.

   Honor and shame from no condition rise. Pope.

   And every woe a tear can claim
   Except an erring sister's shame. Byron.

5. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
   
   

   And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. Spenser.

6. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
   
   

   O C(?)sar, what a wounding shame is this! Shak.

   Guides who are the shame of religion. Shak.

7. To mock at; to deride.
   
   
   [Obs. or R.]

   Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. Ps. xiv. 6.

8. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
   
   
   Isa. xlvii. 3.

   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.