Words Like SHAME

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SHAME.

31 Alternative Words Similar to shame

1 Disgrace Noun      Synonym Words Like Disgrace
2 Dishonor Noun      Synonym Words Like Dishonor
3 Dishonour Noun      Synonym Words Like Dishonour
4 Feeling Noun      Synonym Words Like Feeling
5 Attaint Verb      Synonym Words Like Attaint
6 Arouse Verb      Synonym Words Like Arouse
7 Compel Verb      Synonym Words Like Compel
8 Elicit Verb      Synonym Words Like Elicit
9 Enkindle Verb      Synonym Words Like Enkindle
10 Evoke Verb      Synonym Words Like Evoke
11 Exceed Verb      Synonym Words Like Exceed
12 Fire Verb      Synonym Words Like Fire
13 Kindle Verb      Synonym Words Like Kindle
14 Obligate Verb      Synonym Words Like Obligate
15 Oblige Verb      Synonym Words Like Oblige
16 Outdo Verb      Synonym Words Like Outdo
17 Outgo Verb      Synonym Words Like Outgo
18 Outmatch Verb      Synonym Words Like Outmatch
19 Outperform Verb      Synonym Words Like Outperform
20 Outstrip Verb      Synonym Words Like Outstrip
21 Provoke Verb      Synonym Words Like Provoke
22 Raise Verb      Synonym Words Like Raise
23 Surmount Verb      Synonym Words Like Surmount
24 Surpass Verb      Synonym Words Like Surpass
25 Honor Verb      Antonym Words Like Honor
26 Contempt Noun      Synonym Words Like Contempt
27 Shaming Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Shaming
28 Deride Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Deride
29 Reproach Noun      Hyponym Words Like Reproach
30 Obloquy Noun      Hyponym Words Like Obloquy
31 Discountenance Verb      Hyponym Words Like Discountenance

1 examples of shame

1 suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison

10 definitions of shame

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.
2 Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
3 The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
4 The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
5 To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
6 To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
7 To mock at; to deride.
8 To be ashamed; to feel shame.
9 a state of dishonor
10 compel through a sense of shame
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