shame

/ʃeɪm / (say shaym)

noun
1. the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonourable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
2. susceptibility to this feeling: to be without shame.
3. disgrace; ignominy.
4. a fact or circumstances bringing disgrace or regret.
5. an unfortunate situation or state of affairs: it's a shame you had to wait in the rain.
6. Aboriginal English a mixture of embarrassment and shyness which comes from a variety of situations, particularly from being singled out from a group for either rebuke or praise.
–verb (t) (shamed, shaming)
7. to cause to feel shame; make ashamed.
8. to drive, force, etc., through shame.
9. to cover with ignominy or reproach; disgrace.
–phrase
10. a crying shame, Colloquial something which is very regrettable.
11. for shame, Archaic (an expression of disapproval or reproach.)
12. get shame, Aboriginal English to have a sense of what people or places one should not be near, and to therefore feel embarrassed if this is breached: whitefella got no shame.
13. put to shame,
a. to disgrace.
b. to outdo or surpass.
14. shame on …, Colloquial (an expression of disapproval or reproach to a person specified.)
{Middle English; Old English sc(e)amu}