shame
noun
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
unshamed
-
a word derived from
shame.
Example Sentences
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But at such times one goes on, winning through unshamed, more by the mechanical action of one's body and the instinct of silence, than by the actual thing which men call courage.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Sweet to return from Innkeepers demurely Pricing your candle at a franc unshamed, Back to a land where perquisites are surely Never, never claimed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 by Various
She gained the one end she had schemed for throughout—to get past the risks of the public marriage and back to her struggle in obscurity, unmolested, unpitied, unshamed.
From Sisters by Ada Cambridge
The whole table was bathed in the charm and mystery of young years, of helpless fragility, gentle forms, timid elegance, unshamed instincts, and waking souls.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
Thou art grey, And still would'st thou seem fair; Still unshamed drink, and play, And, wine-flushed, woo slow-answering Love with weak Shrill pipings.
From Verses and Translations by Charles Stuart Calverley
