shame
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- conscience hyponym
- self-disgust hyponym
- embarrassment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bring shame or dishonor upon
he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Types & categories
- befoul hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a state of dishonor
one mistake brought shame to all his family
Types & categories
- dishonor hypernym
- humiliation hyponym
- obloquy hyponym
- odium hyponym
- reproach hyponym
Related & opposite
- discredit derivation
- shame derivation
- dishonor derivation
- inglorious derivation
Sense 4 verb
compel through a sense of shame
She shamed him into making amends
Types & categories
- oblige hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an unfortunate development
it's a pity he couldn't do it
Types & categories
- misfortune hypernym
Related & opposite
- poor derivation
Sense 6 verb
cause to be ashamed
Types & categories
- arouse hypernym
- discountenance hyponym
Related & opposite
- shame derivation
Sense 7 verb
surpass or beat by a wide margin
Types & categories
- outgo hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shame |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shame |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conscience |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-disgust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | embarrassment |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | reward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shame |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgrace |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | befoul |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | discredit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shame |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inglorious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dishonor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | humiliation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | obloquy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | odium |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reproach |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shame |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgrace |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | oblige |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | misfortune |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shame |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | discountenance |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | outgo |