- (n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame.
- (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
- (v.t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
- (v.t.) To mock at; to deride.
- (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
- (v.t.) To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
- (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety or of having done something which injures reputation or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
- (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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