shame

Etymology 1

From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.

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.
   When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
   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.
   And what you do to me is a shame. 1977, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Shame
   Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 – a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable – boy, can those trains shift under the wires. December 2 2020, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68
3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
   And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour
4. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
   Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move. Waiting for him to leap forward and rip off his flimsy flightsuit, exposing his shame: his illustrated body, Rimmer's cheating frame. 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
5. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
   And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame. 1902, R. H. Charles, transl., The book of Jubilees, or The little Genesis, London: A. and C. Black, 3:22, page 26
   She turns to lift her robe, and lays it across her as though she were revealing her shame, as though she were naked. 1991, Martha Graham, Blood Memory, Washington Square Press
   She didn't even have her handbag, because Zelda had thoughtfully left it in the kitchen along with her clothes. And nobody had even offered her so much as a T-shirt to cover her shame. 2010, Jill Mansell, Millie's Fling
   The trouble started early this morning when Pop was shoving his shirt and vest into his pants so he could cover his shame, as he puts it. 2015, Marlene van Niekerk, Triomf
   His genitals lank between his legs, his chin dipped upon his breast, staring down at his shame. 2015, Marion Grace Woolley, Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran, Ghostwoods Books, page 182
6. The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
   Don't you have any shame?

intj

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.
   Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements." Mr. Charles R. Morris: Shame. 1982, “Telecommunications Bill”, in Hansard
   […] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever — (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars") 1831, The Bristol Job Nott; or, Labouring Man's Friend
2. (South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
   Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!

Etymology 2

From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
   I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
2. (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
3. (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
   Stop shaming others about their food choices.
4. (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
   The politician was shamed into resigning.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.