What is another word for shame ?

A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior

baulk^UK

balk^US

furor^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

furore^UK

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“Ted would never live down the shame of the incident with his zipper.”

Noun

A loss of respect or esteem resulting from a shameful act

shocking incident of events

outrageous wrongdoing

shocking incident

kick in the teeth

skeleton in closet

dishonourable behaviour

skeleton in the cupboard

skeleton in the closet

discreditable behaviour

shocking series of events

lack of respectability

blot on the escutcheon

blot on your escutcheon

backhanded compliment

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“Your aunt has brought shame upon us by deserting us!”

Noun

A regrettable or unfortunate situation or action

“It's a shame you won't be able to make it to our wedding.”

Noun

A person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honor

“It is a great shame that this stranger amongst us should win so much credit to the disadvantage of all the knights of Cornwall.”

Noun

A feeling of responsibility for some wrongdoing

prickings of conscience

twinges of conscience

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“I felt a pang of shame at telling my mother a lie.”

Noun

An intense dislike

rancor^US

rancour^UK

chip on your shoulder

disinclination towards

furor^US

furore^UK

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Noun

A person's ruin or downfall

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Noun

A thing that causes disgust or loathing

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Noun

Something that causes sadness or distress

Noun

backwardness in coming forward

The state of being diffident, timid or shy

lack of self-confidence

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

unwillingness to open up

temporizing^US

temporising^UK

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Noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain

butterflies in the stomach

dark night of the soul

clamour^UK

baulk^UK

balk^US

clamor^US

vapours^UK

vapors^US

endogenous depression

rancour^UK

blot on the landscape

rancor^US

rigor^US

rigour^UK

chip on your shoulder

furor^US

agonizing^US

furore^UK

agonising^UK

hemorrhage^US

haemorrhage^UK

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Noun

backwardness in coming forward

A sudden sensation of misgiving

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

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Noun

A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour

Verb

To cause to feel shame

make someone feel ashamed

shoot down

make uncomfortable

make someone eat crow

put someone in their place

take down a peg

take down a peg or two

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

make someone eat humble pie

bastardize^US

bastardise^UK

put out of countenance

appal^UK

brutalize^US

minimize^US

appall^US

brutalise^UK

minimise^UK

have the last laugh on

take the wind out of someone's sails

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

get one's comeuppance

criticize^US

force to eat humble pie

cause to be at a stand

make someone scratch their head

set someone back on their heels

put someone off their stroke

put someone off their stride

criticise^UK

dehumanize^US

desensitize^US

dehumanise^UK

desensitise^UK

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“If you discover any misappropriation, please name and shame the culprits.”

Verb

To bring shame on

blacken the reputation of

stigmatise^UK

stigmatize^US

drag through the mire

drag down

drag through the mud

bring shame on

muddy the reputation of

reflect negatively

damage the reputation of

give a bad name to

blacken the name of

harm the reputation of

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

drag someone's name through the mud

discolour^UK

discolor^US

blemish the reputation of

tarnish the reputation of

become a stain of the escutcheon of

become a blot of the escutcheon of

take rug out from under

make someone eat crow

take down a peg or two

put someone in their place

criticise^UK

criticize^US

run a smear campaign against

curse

depreciate

blacken someone's name

demoralise^UK

brutalize^US

bastardise^UK

bestialize

animalize

bastardize^US

brutalise^UK

demoralize^US

write false reports about

mark wrong

spread tales about

travesty

drag name through mud

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“Harry had not done much of any consequence, either to shame his family or to make them proud.”

Verb

That's a shame

Verb

Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully

treat disrespectfully

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

give someone the brush-off

give the cold shoulder

ice out

pass up

take no notice of

give someone the go-by

give someone a slap in the face

have nothing to do with

tell someone where to get off

leave out in the cold

give the cold shoulder to

hand someone the frozen mitt

look straight through

leave out

cut out

look right through someone

abandon

leave behind

put behind you

give somebody the cold shoulder

look straight through someone

keep one's distance from

tell someone to get lost

criticize^US

keep your distance from

minimize^US

kick someone in the teeth

leave off

give someone the big E

give someone the air

not buy

break with

have nothing more to do with

bin off

give someone the push

swear off

give the elbow

criticise^UK

minimise^UK

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Verb

To be superior to

be head and shoulders above

minimize^US

minimise^UK

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Verb

To expose or reveal the true nature or character of

Verb

Blush, make rosy

color^US

colour^UK

go as red as a beetroot

be suffused with colour

be a picture of health

smolder^US

smoulder^UK

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