Shame

/ʃeɪm/

Synonyms for "shame" (252 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Adjective(2 words)
abashedantisocial growth
Verb(3 words)
abashesattaintcause discredit to
Interjection(1 words)

Strong matches (75)

Related words (126)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

31 entries

Showing 16 of 31 words.

More specific

14 entries
blushcollective shamecringecultural shamedenouncedisgraceembarrassmenthumiliationmortificationname and shameostracizepublic namingshame ritualshaming campaign

Collocations

11 entries
collective shameinternalized shamemoral shamepublic shamepublic shamingself-imposed shamesense of shameshame cultureshaming campaignshaming tacticsocial shaming

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

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Your singing puts professional singers to shame.

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Your excellent work puts me to shame.

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What with joy and shame, she blushed to the ears.

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It's an awful shame your wife couldn't come.

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