Definition of shame

• n. - A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
• n. - Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
• n. - The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
• n. - The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
• v. t. - To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
• v. t. - To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
• v. t. - To mock at; to deride.
• n. - To be ashamed; to feel shame.