Tra từ shame - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

shame [shame shames shamed shaming] noun, verb, exclamation BrE [ʃeɪm] NAmE [ʃeɪm]
noun
1. uncountable the feelings of sadness, embarrassment and ↑guilt that you have when you know that sth you have done is wrong or stupid
• His face burned with shame.
• She hung her head in shame.
•He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.
•I would die of shame if she ever found out.
•To my shame (= I feel shame that) I refused to listen to her side of the story.
2. uncountable (formal) (only used in questions and negative sentences)the ability to feel shame at sth you have done
• Have you no shame?
• That child is completely without shame!
3. a shamesingular used to say that sth is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed
Syn: ↑pity
•What a shame they couldn't come.
•It's a shame about Tim, isn't it?
•It's a shame that she wasn't here to see it.
•It would be a crying shame (= a great shame) not to take them up on the offer.
•It seems such a shame to throw perfectly good food away.
•It's a shame (that) you didn't say something sooner.
4. uncountable the loss of respect that is caused when you do sth wrong or stupid
• There is no shame in wanting to be successful.
• (formal) She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family.
more at name and shame at ↑name _v.

Word Origin:
Old English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb).

Thesaurus:
shame noun
1. U
•She hung her head in shame
guilt • • regret • |especially written remorse • |formal, especially religion repentance •
shame/guilt/regret/remorse at sth
do sth without shame/guilt/regret/remorse/repentance
feel (no) shame/guilt/regret/remorse
have no shame/regret/remorse
Shame or guilt? You feel guilt when you have done sth you believe to be wrong; you feel shame when other people know that you have done sth wrong or stupid
•He could not bear the guilt of knowing it was his fault.
• He could not bear the shame of his family knowing what he had done.
2. a shame sing. (especially spoken)
•What a shame he couldn't come.
unfortunate • |especially spoken a pity • • too bad • |formal regrettable •
It's a shame/a pity/too bad about sb/sth.
a shame/a pity/unfortunate/too bad/regrettable that…
a great/real/terrible shame/pity
What a shame/pity.
3. U
•His greed brought shame on the party.
disgrace • |formal discredit • • disrepute • |BrE, formal dishonour • |AmE, formal dishonor •
Opp: honour
bring shame/disgrace/discredit/dishonour on sb/sth
There is no shame/disgrace/dishonour in sth.
Which word? All these words are used to talk about a public loss of respect. Disgrace is also used to talk about the loss of respect of people you are close to.

Example Bank:
•Do you feel no shame for what you've done?
•He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death.
•He risked public shame and possible imprisonment.
•He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.
•Her pregnancy was no cause for shame.
•His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.
•I nearly died of shame!
•It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions.
•It's a terrible shame about Steve losing his job.
•It's a terrible shame about Stuart losing his job, isn't it?
•Shame on you for doubting me!
•She blushed with shame.
•She felt a flush of shame at what she'd done.
•She shut her eyes in shame.
•She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.
•There's no shame in making an honest living.
•This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades.
•To my shame, I didn't tell Robert about the party.
•What a shame you can't come!
•It would be a crying shame to let all that talent go to waste.
•It's a shame about Tim, isn't it?
•It's such a shame that she wasn't here to see it.
•Shame they couldn't make it.
•She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family
•To my shame I refused to listen to her side of the story.
Idioms: ↑put somebody to shame ▪ shame on you/him
Derived: ↑shame somebody into doing something

verb
1. ~ sb to make sb feel ashamed
•His generosity shamed them all.
2. ~ sb (formal)to make sb feel that they have lost honour or respect
•You have shamed your family.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb).

Example Bank:
•An outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.
•The people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.
•She shamed her father into promising to help.
•The companies that pollute our rivers should be named and shamed.

exclamation (SAfrE)
used to express sympathy, or to show that you like sb/sth
• Shame, she's so cute!

Word Origin:
Old English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb).