1. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
   "His shame at being caught cheating was evident in his red face"
    
2. A state of dishonour
   "one mistake brought shame to all his family";
   - disgrace, ignominy
    
3. An unfortunate development
   "it's a shame he couldn't do it";
   - pity

1. Bring shame or dishonour upon
   "he shamed his family by committing a serious crime";
   - dishonor [US], disgrace, dishonour [Brit, Cdn], attaint [archaic]
    
2. Compel through a sense of shame
   "She shamed him into making amends"
    
3. Cause to be ashamed
   "His poor performance shamed him in front of his colleagues"
    
4. Surpass or beat by a wide margin
   "Her performance shamed all the other contestants"

Derived forms: shaming, shames, shamed

Type of: arouse, bad luck, compel, dishonor [US], dishonour [Brit, Cdn], disrespect, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, exceed, feeling, kindle, misfortune, obligate, oblige, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, provoke, raise, surmount, surpass

Encyclopedia: Shame, Shame, Shame