shame
noun
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
outshame
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a word derived from
shame.
Example Sentences
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To-day, my sons, beneath a father's eye, Oh give such pride of feeling to his heart As shall outshame the ardour of his youth, And nerve his arm with power strong as his zeal!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
