Shamed vs Humiliated - What's the difference?
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(shame)
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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* 1831 ,
(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.
(humiliate)
deprived of dignity or self-respect
As verbs the difference between shamed and humiliated
is that shamed is past tense of shame while humiliated is past tense of humiliate.As an adjective humiliated is
deprived of dignity or self-respect.shamed
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(head)Anagrams
*shame
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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!