Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shamed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Shame \Shame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shaming}.]
1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness
of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to
reputation; to put to shame.

Were there but one righteous in the world, he would
. . . shame the world, and not the world him.
--South.

2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to
disgrace.

And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
--Spenser.

3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv.
6.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

shamed
adj 1: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric
Linklater [syn: {guilty}, {hangdog}, {shamefaced}]
2: suffering shame [syn: {discredited}, {disgraced}, {dishonored}]


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