shame
noun
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
half-shamed
-
a word derived from
shame.
Example Sentences
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Then, with a queer, half-shamed laugh, he added: "There's Spanish blood in the Trenbys, you know—as there is in many of the Cornish folk."
From The Moon out of Reach by Margaret Pedler
So, with half-shamed face, he answered gruffly: "I didn't think of comin' again; such places ain't for the likes of me."
From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Annie Frances Perram
And as their gaze met, she saw the blood mantle to his face, and a half-shamed expression creep into it, as if he had been discovered in a thought that should never have been permitted.
From Winding Paths by Gertrude Page
She divined the quiver of half-shamed relief which went through her son.
From Love and hatred by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Then their two blushing faces confronted each other with significant half-shamed smiles of innocent young girlhood.
From Pembroke A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
