SHAME

5 letters 10 Scrabble points /ʃeɪm/

Definition of SHAME

noun

  1. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

    "The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents."

  2. Something to regret.

    "It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way."

  3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.

Related words: dishonor humiliation mortification pity dishonor
interjection

  1. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.

  2. Expressing sympathy.

    "Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!"

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S H A M E
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 10 points

Anagrams of SHAME

Words that use the same letters:

AHEMS HAEMS HAMES MASHE SAHME SHEMA

Words Containing "SHAME"

ASHAME ASHAMED ASHAMEDLY ASHAMEDNESS BESHAME BESHAMED BESHAMES OUTSHAME OUTSHAMED OUTSHAMES RAKESHAME SHAMEABLE SHAMED SHAMEFACE SHAMEFACED SHAMEFACEDLY SHAMEFACEDNESS SHAMEFAST SHAMEFASTLY SHAMEFASTNESS

Words Starting with "SHAME"

SHAMEABLE SHAMED SHAMEFACE SHAMEFACED SHAMEFACEDLY SHAMEFACEDNESS SHAMEFAST SHAMEFASTLY SHAMEFASTNESS SHAMEFUL SHAMEFULLY SHAMEFULNESS SHAMELESS SHAMELESSLY SHAMELESSNESS SHAMEPROOF SHAMER SHAMES SHAMESICK SHAMEWORTHY

Words Ending with "SHAME"

ASHAME BESHAME OUTSHAME RAKESHAME