shame : Idioms & Phrases

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bloody shame

  • noun a Bloody Mary made without alcohol
    Virgin Mary.
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cover-shame

Cov"er-shame` noun
Definitions
  1. Something used to conceal infamy. Obs. Dryden.
Webster 1913

For shame!

  • you should be ashamed; shame on you!
Webster 1913

sense of shame

  • noun a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
    sense of duty.
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shame plant

  • noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
    live-and-die; touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant.
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shame-proof

Shame"-proof` noun
Definitions
  1. Shameless. Shak.
Webster 1913

To do one shame

  • to cause one shame. Obs.
Webster 1913

To put to shame

  • to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil."
Webster 1913