0 past simple and past participle of shame
1 to make someone feel ashamed, or to make someone or something lose honour and respect:
2 to be so much better than something else that the other thing seems of a low standard by comparison:
And those who thought themselves unfairly excluded, shamed before their neighbours, were angry.
We too work in a rich country shamed by poverty and social exclusion.
He was horrified by her question and shamed her, threatening to tell her parents if she ever mentioned it again.
The gentle and especially the eminent were apprehensive that they might be shamed by being displayed as trophies.
In this setting, clinicians may feel embarrassed, shamed, defensive, and humiliated.
Villagers feared for their 'honour' if they seemed miserly rather than generous, and they would save and borrow rather than be shamed.
His letter became a clarion for loyalty, with many saying that he had 'shamed the community'.
Lef t her feeling shamed by her illness and unable to accept help f rom those she had always helped.
