Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shame
Participle: shamed
Gerund: shaming
Indicative
Present
| I | shame |
| you | shame |
| he;she;it | shames |
| we | shame |
| you | shame |
| they | shame |
Perfect
| I | have shamed |
| you | have shamed |
| he;she;it | has shamed |
| we | have shamed |
| you | have shamed |
| they | have shamed |
Past
| I | shamed |
| you | shamed |
| he;she;it | shamed |
| we | shamed |
| you | shamed |
| they | shamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shamed |
| you | had shamed |
| he;she;it | had shamed |
| we | had shamed |
| you | had shamed |
| they | had shamed |
Future
| I | will shame |
| you | will shame |
| he;she;it | will shame |
| we | will shame |
| you | will shame |
| they | will shame |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shamed |
| you | will have shamed |
| he;she;it | will have shamed |
| we | will have shamed |
| you | will have shamed |
| they | will have shamed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shame |
| you | shame |
| he;she;it | shame |
| we | shame |
| you | shame |
| they | shame |
Perfect
| I | have shamed |
| you | have shamed |
| he;she;it | have shamed |
| we | have shamed |
| you | have shamed |
| they | have shamed |
Imperfect
| I | shamed |
| you | shamed |
| he;she;it | shamed |
| we | shamed |
| you | shamed |
| they | shamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shamed |
| you | had shamed |
| he;she;it | had shamed |
| we | had shamed |
| you | had shamed |
| they | had shamed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shame |
| you | would shame |
| he;she;it | would shame |
| we | would shame |
| you | would shame |
| they | would shame |
Perfect
| I | would have shamed |
| you | would have shamed |
| he;she;it | would have shamed |
| we | would have shamed |
| you | would have shamed |
| they | would have shamed |
Imperative
| you | shame |
| we | Let's shame |
| you | shame |
Verbs conjugated like 'shame'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shame'
ashame,
shade,
shake,
shale,
sham,
share,
beshame,
blame,
chace,
chafe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To cause to feel shame.
- abash
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną.
2. Cognates
3. *Dutch schamen (“to be ashamed”)
4. *German schämen (“to be ashamed or embarrassed, bashful”)
5. *Danish, Norwegian Bokmål skamme (“to be ashamed”)
6. *Icelandic skamma (“to scold”)
7. *Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 (skaman, “to be ashamed”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*skamāną', Dutch '
schamen', German, old spelling '
schämen', Norwegian '
skamme', Icelandic '
skamma'.
Verbs referencing "shame"
Sranan
syen, Danish
skamme.
Sample Sentences
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“ Come now, be decent, can't ye ? ” said Aunt Chloe; “ an't yer shamed ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I mean to shame her; that's just what I want. She has all her life presumed on her delicacy, and her good looks, and her lady-like airs, till she forgets who she is; — and I'll give her one lesson that will bring [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] race than any other; and it has often been found among them, that a stray seed of truth, borne on some breeze of accident into hearts the most ignorant, has sprung up into fruit, whose abundance has shamed that of higher and more skilful culture.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)