used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing:look at the foals—shame, aren’t they sweet?
არსებითი სახელი
Universal
1a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour:she was hot with shamehe felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie
a loss of respect or esteem; dishonour:the incident had brought shame on his family
[count noun] a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honour:ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man
2 [in singular] a regrettable or unfortunate situation or action:what a shame Ellie won’t be hereit is a shame that they are not better known
ზმნა
Universal
make (someone) feel ashamed:I tried to shame him into giving some awaylegal action must be taken and companies named and shamed
bring shame to:the entire debacle has shamed Scotland
cause (someone) to feel inadequate by outdoing or surpassing them:she shames me with her eighty-year-old energy
put someone to shame
make someone feel inadequate by greatly outdoing or surpassing them:she puts me to shame, she’s so capable
shame on you
used to reprove someone for something of which they should be ashamed:shame on you for hitting a woman
