1. Showing a sense of guilt
   "a shamed look";
   - guilty, hangdog, shamefaced
    
2. Suffering shame
   "The shamed politician resigned from office";
   - discredited, disgraced, dishonored [US], dishonoured [Brit, Cdn]

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"

See also: ashamed

Type of: arouse, compel, disrespect, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, exceed, kindle, obligate, oblige, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, provoke, raise, surmount, surpass

Encyclopedia: Shamed