LekhoriLekhoriAn uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
Something to regret.
It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
[…] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen,
A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements." #*: Mr. Charles R. Morris: Shame.
Ellipsis of what a shame; expressing disappointment or sympathy
Feeling shame; ashamed.
She says that she doesn't touch them, this is important, sometimes maybe a handshake may make them more shame, that is shy or embarrassed.
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. Cognates *German Scham (“shame”) *German Low German Schaam (“shame, shamefacedness”) *Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegia...
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Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
And with fowle cowardize his carcas ſhame,
To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
Stop shaming others about their food choices.