Low vs Shame - What's the difference?
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In a position comparatively close to the ground.
Small in height.
Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
Depressed, sad.
Not high in amount or quantity.
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, title= Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
Being near the equator.
Humble in character or status.
* Milton
* Felton
Simple in complexity or development.
Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear .
Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
(phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
(archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
Something that is low; a low point.
A depressed mood or situation.
(meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
Close to the ground.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
* Shakespeare
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
* Tennyson
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
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In a time approaching our own.
* John Locke
(astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
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, mound, tumulus.
(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
Uncomfortable]] or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of [[unworthy, unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.
* (William Shakespeare)
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Something to regret.
* (William Shakespeare)
* Evelyn "Champagne" King, in the song Shame
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
* Bible, (Ezekiel) xxxvi. 6
* (Alexander Pope)
* (Lord Byron)
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) That which is shameful and private, especially body parts.
A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
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(South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
To feel shame, be ashamed.
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*:Broder she said I can not telle yow For it was not done by me nor by myn assente / For he is my lord and I am his / and he must be myn husband / therfore my broder I wille that ye wete I shame me not to be with hym / nor to doo hym alle the pleasyr that I can
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I do shame / To think of what a noble strain you are.
(label) To cause to feel shame.
:I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:Were there but one righteous in the world, he wouldshame the world, and not the world him.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonour; to disgrace.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:And with foul cowardice his carcass shame .
(label) To mock at; to deride.
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*:Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between low and shame
is that low is (archaic) not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple while shame is (archaic) that which is shameful and private, especially body parts.As nouns the difference between low and shame
is that low is something that is low; a low point or low can be (countable|uk|scotland|dialect) a flame; fire; blaze or low can be , mound, tumulus while shame is uncomfortable]] or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling it is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of [[unworthy|unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.As verbs the difference between low and shame
is that low is (obsolete|transitive) to depress; to lower or low can be or low can be to moo or low can be (uk|scotland|dialect) to burn; to blaze while shame is to feel shame, be ashamed.As an adjective low
is in a position comparatively close to the ground.As an adverb low
is close to the ground.As an interjection shame is
a cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.low
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lowe, lohe, . More at lie.Adjective
(er)- low spirits
- I felt low at Christmas with no family to celebrate with.
- Food prices are lower in a supermarket than in a luxury department store.
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- a person of low mind
- a low trick or stratagem
- a low pulse
- made low by sickness
- the low northern latitudes
- Why but to keep ye low and ignorant?
- In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
- a low diet
Synonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) nether, underslung * (small in height) short, small * (depressed) blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, gloomy * reduced, devalued, low-level * low-pitched, deep, flat * low-toned, soft * (despicable thing to do) immoral, abject, scummy, scurvyAntonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) highDerived terms
* high and low * lowball * low blow * low bridge * low-budget * low-cost * Low Countries * low-cut * lower * lowercase * low-fat * Low German * low-grade * low island * lowland * Low Latin * low-level * low loader * lowly * low-lying * low road * low tideNoun
(en noun)- You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
- ''Economic growth has hit a new low .
- He is in a low right now
- Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
- He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low .
Adverb
(er)- Can sing both high and low .
- to speak low
- The odorous wind / Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.
- He sold his wheat low .
- In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.
- The moon runs low , i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at laugh.Verb
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at claim.Etymology 4
From (etyl) lowe, loghe, from (etyl) . More at leye, light.Alternative forms
* loweEtymology 5
From (etyl) . Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.Alternative forms
* laweNoun
(en noun)- A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.'' (Robert Plot, ''The natural history of Staffordshire , 1686; cited after OED).
- And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.'' (Mary Howitt, ''Ballads and other poems 1847)
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*shame
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) , which may also be the source of heaven; see that entry for details. Compare also Persian .Noun
(-)- Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ?
- guides who are the shame of religion
- And what you do to me is a shame .
- Ye have borne the shame of the heathen.
- Honour and shame from no condition rise.
- And every woe a tear can claim / Except an erring sister's shame .
- guides who are the shame of religion
- Cover your shame !
Usage notes
* While shame is not generally counted, it is countable, for example *: I felt two shames: one for hurting my friend, and a greater one for lying about it.Synonyms
* (something regrettable) pityDerived terms
* body shame * crying shame * shame on you * shamefaced * shameful * shamefully * shameless * shamelesslyInterjection
(en interjection)Telecommunications Bill", Hansard
- Mr John Golding: One would not realise that it came from the same Government, because in that letter the Under-Secretary states: "The future of BT's pension scheme is a commercial matter between BT, its workforce, and the trustees of the pensions scheme, and the Government cannot give any guarantees about future pension arrangements."
- Mr. Charles R. Morris': ' Shame .
The Bristol Job Nott; or, Labouring Man's Friend
- [...] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year''" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and ''has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever -- (Much tumult, and cries of "shame " and "doust the liars")
- Shame , you poor thing, you must be cold!
