3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation
of others; disgrace.
O Csar, what a wounding shame is this!
Shak.
Guides who are the shame of religion.
Shak. 4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. Isa. xlvii. 3.
For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you! — 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." Ps. xl. 14.
Shame
(Shame), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shaming.]
1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory
to reputation; to put to shame.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him.
South. 2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
Spenser. 3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor.
Ps. xiv. 6. Shame
(Shame), v. i. [AS. scamian, sceamian. See Shame, n.] To be ashamed; to feel shame.
[R.]
I do shame
To think of what a noble strain you are.
Shak. Shamefaced
(Shame"faced`) a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfæst. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.] Easily
confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
Dryden. Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but
the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography. Trench.
— Shame"faced, adv. — Shame"faced`ness, n.
Shamefast
(Shame"fast) a. [AS. scamfæst.] Modest; shamefaced. — Shame"fast*ly, adv. — Shame"fast*ness,
n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced.
Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness.
Chaucer.
[Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit.
Shak.
Modest apparel with shamefastness.
1 Tim. ii. 9 Shameful
(Shame"ful) a.
1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat.
Arbuthnot.