shame
To cause to feel shameTo cause to feel shame.
» It's a shame that you're not coming.
Es ist schade, dass Sie nicht kommen.
Жаль, что вы не придёте.
Жаль, что ты не придёшь.
Шкода, що ти не прийдеш.
Шкода, що ви не прийдете.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To cause to feel shame.
I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
beschämen
стыди́тьstydítʹ, пристыди́тьpristydítʹ, позо́ритьpozóritʹ
соро́митиsorómyty
cause to be ashamed
(transitive)To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
стыди́тьstydítʹ, позо́ритьpozóritʹ, посрамля́тьposramljátʹ
соро́митиsorómyty, посоро́митиposorómyty, осоро́млюватиosorómljuvaty
(transitive)To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
Stop shaming others about their food choices.
пристыжа́тьpristyžátʹ, пристыди́тьpristydítʹ
присоро́млюватиprysorómljuvaty, присоро́митиprysorómyty
(transitive)To drive or compel by shame.
The politician was shamed into resigning.
compel through a sense of shame
(intransitive, obsolete)To feel shame, be ashamed.
bring shame or dishonor upon
(obsolete, transitive)To mock at; to deride.
Examples
377 sentencesIt's a shame that you're not coming.
Шкода, що ти не прийдеш.
ruЖаль, что вы не придёте.
deEs ist schade, dass Sie nicht kommen.
That's a shame.
Шкода.
ruЖаль.
deDas ist eine Schande.
What a shame!
Як шкода!
ruКакая жалость!
deWie schade!
It's a shame.
Шкода.
deEs ist schade.
Shame on you.
Ганьба!
ruСтыдись!
deSchäme dich!
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, fFrom Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną.
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Forms
shames, shaming, shamed, shamedSynonyms
10 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- be a shame
- a shame that
- a shame to