verb
- Bring shame or dishonor upon.
- usage: "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
- Compel through a sense of shame.
- usage: "She shamed him into making amends"
- synonyms: shame
- Cause to be ashamed.
- synonyms: shame
- Surpass or beat by a wide margin.
- synonyms: shame
adjective
- Showing a sense of guilt."a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy- Eric Linklater
- synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced
- Suffering shame.
- synonyms: discredited, disgraced, dishonored
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