Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, transitive)To dare; presume; have the face to.

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To shame; bring reproach on.

Origin

From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed,

From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- + shame.

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Forms

forshames, forshaming, forshamed, forshamed
Base formforshame · to forshame
3rd person singularforshames
Present participleforshaming
Past simpleforshamed
Past participleforshamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforshame
he, she, itforshames

Past simpleLesson

all personsforshamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forshamed
he, she, ithas forshamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forshame

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formulateC1formulationfornicationforsakefortforte
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