shame

ʃeim 1. noun

1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) skam(fullhet)

2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) skam

3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) synd, skam

4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) synd

2. verb

1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) gjøre til skamme

2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) skjemme ut, bringe skam over

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- shameful

- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
- his shame

skam

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subst. \/ʃeɪm\/

1) skam, skamfullhet

• to my shame, I must admit that she was right

jeg må til min skam innrømme at hun hadde rett

2) skjensel, ydmykelse, vanære

• he's a shame to his family

han er en skam for familien

3) synd, beklagelig situasjon

• it's a shame that the rain spoiled your holiday

det var synd at regnet ødela ferien deres

4) (som interjeksjon) fy for skam!

bring shame (up)on bringe skam over

a crying shame synd og skam

for shame av skam

• he blushed for shame

han rødmet av skam

for shame! (gammeldags) fy skam!

for very shame (gammeldags) for skams skyld

put somebody to shame skjemme ut noen, bringe skam over noen gjøre noen flau, skamme seg

• it puts me to shame that it's taken so long to write to you

jeg skammer meg over at jeg har ventet så lenge med å skrive til deg

shame (up)on you! fy skam! , skam deg!

• shame upon the one who swears!

skam den som banner!

what a shame! så synd!

a wicked shame synd og skam

II

verb \/ʃeɪm\/

1) vanære, bringe skam over, skjemme ut

• you shame your family

du vanærer familien din

2) gjøre skamfull, skamme seg

shame somebody into doing something få en til å gjøre noe ved å gjøre personen skamfull\/flau

• he was shamed into asking her forgiveness

han ble så flau at han bad henne om tilgivelse

shame somebody out of doing something få en til ikke å gjøre noe ved å gjøre personen skamfull\/flau

• they shamed him out of his bad habits

de gjorde ham så skamfull at han kuttet uvanene sine