Found 1 items, similar to To put to shame.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To put to shame Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.] 1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal. [1913 Webster] HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. [1913 Webster] Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek. xxxvi. 6. [1913 Webster] Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope. [1913 Webster] And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace. [1913 Webster] O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak. [1913 Webster] Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3. [1913 Webster] For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you! 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.” --Ps. xl. 14. [1913 Webster]