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shaming

  • present participle of shame.

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The shaming tends to fall into two categories: the ugly mouthful and the lonely eater.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Campaigners' tactics include raising awareness among potential contributors, and naming and shaming the accounts believed to be the worst offenders.

From BBC May 3, 2026

“Because one job should be enough, one job should be enough, and we need to get away from the victim shaming of educators.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

“You only have so many tries” suggests his attempts to help could backfire; that language is inflammatory and shaming at worst and unhelpful at best.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

This time the stupid-fied look left Sammy and a fearedness and shaming took over.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis