Shame

Morpheme

Shame

Type

free base

Denotation

uncomfortable feeling of guilt or disgrace

Etymology

Middle English schame, schamen; Old English sċamu, sċamian

Evidence

antishame, ashamed, beshame, forshame, kinkshame, outshame, rakeshame, shame, shameable, shamed, shamee, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, shamefully, shameless, shamelessly, shamelike, shameproof, shamer, shames, shamesome, shameworthy, shaming, unshamed

See Also

Sham