shame : Idioms & Phrases
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bloody shame
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noun a Bloody Mary made without alcohol
Virgin Mary.
WordNet
cover-shame
Cov"er-shame` noun
Definitions
Something used to conceal infamy. Obs. Dryden.
Webster 1913
For shame!
- you should be ashamed; shame on you!
Webster 1913
sense of shame
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noun a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
sense of duty.
WordNet
shame plant
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noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
live-and-die; touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant.
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shame-proof
Shame"-proof` noun
Definitions
Shameless. Shak.
Webster 1913
To do one shame
- to cause one shame. Obs.
Webster 1913
To put to shame
- to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil."
