shame

An 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.

The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.

Something to regret.

It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.

Nor can thy ſhame giue phiſicke to my griefe,

Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.

[…] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen,

Honour and shame from no condition rise.

The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.

guides who are the shame of religion

Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move. Waiting for him to leap forward and rip off his flimsy flightsuit, exposing his shame: his illustrated body, Rimmer's cheating frame.

That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.

And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame.

She turns to lift her robe, and lays it across her as though she were revealing her shame, as though she were naked.

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.

[…] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever — (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars")

Ellipsis of what a shame; expressing disappointment or sympathy

Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!

Embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention.

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.

Int.[:] What types of things have you learnt about at AIME, like about yourselves or about others? Deon[:] To be confident. Greg[:] Yeah be confident. And not be shame…

Causing embarrassment or shyness.

"A lot of the time when we want to do stuff we'll be like, 'Oh no, that's shame — I don't want to do that because I'll be on my own'," Headland told NIT.