Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 61
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Shahin (n.) (Zool.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon ({Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
Shaik (n.) See Sheik.
Sheik (n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.] Sheil
Shail (v. i.) To walk sidewise. [Obs.] -- L'Estrange. Shaitan
Shake () obs. p. p. of Shake.
Shook (imp.) of Shake.
Shaken (p. p.) of Shake.
Shook () of Shake.
Shaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shake.
Shake, () obs. p. p. of Shake. -- Chaucer.
Shake (v. t.) 搖，搖動；震動；抖動 [O8]；握（手） To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. -- Rev. vi. 13.
Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. -- Milton.
Shake (v. t.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. -- Atterbury.
Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. -- Milton.
Shake (v. t.) (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
Shake (v. t.) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
Shake off the golden slumber of repose. -- Shak.
'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. -- Shak.
I could scarcely shake him out of my company. -- Bunyan.
{To shake a cask} (Naut.), To knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
{To shake hands}, To perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
{To shake out a reef} (Naut.), To untile the reef points and spread more canvas.
{To shake the bells}. See under {Bell}.
{To shake the sails} (Naut.), To luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Shake (v. i.) 搖動；震動；發抖；【口】握手 To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. -- Milton.
What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there? -- Beau. & Fl.
{Shaking piece}, A name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of {Beef}.
Shake (n.) 搖動；震動；握手[S1]；【口】一剎那 [C] The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
The great soldier's honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake. -- Herbert.
Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. -- Addison.
Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly. -- Gwilt.
Shake (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
Shake (n.) (Mus.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
Shake (n.) (Naut.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. -- Totten.
Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings. -- Knight.
Shake (n.) (Zool.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
{No great shakes}, Of no great importance. [Slang] -- Byron.
{The shakes}, The fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]
Shake (n.) Building material used as siding or roofing [syn: shingle, shake].
Shake (n.) Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream [syn: milkshake, milk shake, shake].
Shake (n.) A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake].
Shake (n.) Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) [syn: handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp].
Shake (n.) A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn: tremble, shiver, shake].
Shake (n.) Causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: wag, waggle, shake].
Shake (v.) Move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" [syn: shake, agitate].
Shake (v.) Move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook" [syn: shake, didder].
Shake (v.) Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering" [syn: judder, shake].
Shake (v.) Move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake].
Shake (v.) Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes".
Shake (v.) Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir].
Shake (v.) Get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" [syn: shake, shake off, throw off, escape from].
Shake (v.) Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker".
Shake (v.) Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"
Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. -- Sir W. Scott.
Shakedown (a.) Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise".
Shakedown (n.) Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown".
Shakedown (n.) A very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs".
Shakedown (n.) Extortion of money (as by blackmail).
Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork. [Obs.]
Shaken (a.) Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.
Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.
Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. -- Barroe.
Shaken (n.) Impaired, as by a shock.
Shaken (a.) Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken" [syn: jolted, shaken].
Shaker (n.) A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
Shaker (n.) One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
Note: The sect originated in England in 1747, and came to the United States in 1774, under the leadership of Mother Ann Lee. The Shakers are sometimes nicknamed Shaking Quakers, but they differ from the Quakers in doctrine and practice. They style themselves the "United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing." The sect is now confined in the United States.
Shaker (n.) (Zool.) A variety of pigeon. -- P. J. Selby.
Shaker (n.) A person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker].
Shaker (n.) A member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world.
Shaker (n.) A container in which something can be shaken.
Shakeress (n.) A female Shaker.
Shakerism (n.) Doctrines of the Shakers.
Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc.].
Shakespearean (a.) Of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works; "Shakespearean plays" [syn: Shakespearian, Shakespearean].
Shakespearean (n.) A Shakespearean scholar [syn: Shakespearian, Shakespearean].
Shakiness (n.) Quality of being shaky.
Shakiness (n.) A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation].
Shakiness (n.) The quality of being unstable and insecure; "the shakiness of the present regime".
Shakings (n. pl.) (Naut.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Shako (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.
Shako (n.) Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions [syn: bearskin, busby, shako].
Shaky (a.) Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. -- Thackeray.
Shaky (a.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. -- Gwilt.
Shaky (a.) Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit. [Colloq.]
Shaky (a.) Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky].
Shaky (a.) Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling].
Shaky (a.) Not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn: precarious, shaky].
Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a bean." -- Chapman.
Shale (n.) (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous.
Shale (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk. -- I. Taylor.
Shale (n.) A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
Should (imp.) of Shall.
Note: [Shall is defective, having no infinitive, imperative, or participle.]
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for. [Obs.] "By the faith I hall to God" -- Court of Love.
Shall
(v. i. &
auxiliary.) To be obliged; must. [Obs.] "Me athinketh [I am sorry]
that I shall rehearse it her." -- Chaucer.
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.)
As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is
derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I
order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and
third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized,
the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and
sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall
come when . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative
prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the
necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the
speaker; as, I shall suffer; we shall see; and there is always a less distinct
and positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by will. "I shall
go" implies nearly a simple futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an
expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan
or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as
certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic
"I will go." In a question, the relation of speaker and source of
obligation is of course transferred to the person addressed; as, "Shall
you go?" (answer, "I shall go"); "Shall he go?" i. e.,
"Do you require or promise his going?" (answer, "He shall
go".) The same relation is transferred to either second or third person in
such phrases as "You say, or think, you shall go;" "He says, or
thinks, he shall go." After a conditional conjunction (as if, whether)
shall is used in all persons to express futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he
shall say they are right. Should is everywhere used in the same connection and
the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral
obligation; as, he should do it whether he will or not. In the early English,
and hence in our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the
persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used
elliptically; thus, with an adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be
omitted. "He to England shall along with you." -- Shak.
Note: Shall and will are often confounded by inaccurate speakers and writers. Say: I shall be glad to see you. Shall I do this? Shall I help you? (not Will I do this?) See Will.
Should (imp. of Shall.) Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go. "You have done that you should be sorry for." -- Shak.
Syn: See Ought.
Shalli (n.) See Challis.
Shallon (n.) (Bot.) An evergreen shrub ({Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
Shallon (n.) Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries [syn: salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon].
Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.
In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. -- Swift.
Shallop (n.) (Naut.) A boat.
[She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. -- Spenser.
Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.
Shallot (n.) (Bot.) A small kind of onion ({Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
Compare: Rocambole
Rocambole (n.) [F.] [Written also rokambole.] (Bot.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and Allium Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.
Shallot (n.) Aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion.
Shallot (n.) Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum].
Shallot (n.) Small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning.
Shallow (n.) 淺水處，淺灘 [（the）P] [K] A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. -- Bacon.
Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. -- Dryden.
Shallow (n.) (Zool.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]
Shallow (v. t.) 使變淺 To make shallow. -- Sir T. Browne.
Shallow (v. i.) 變淺 To become shallow, as water.
Shallow (a.) 淺的；淺薄的，膚淺的 Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." -- Milton.
Shallow (a.) Not deep in tone. [R.]
The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. -- Bacon.
Shallow (a.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. -- Bacon.
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. -- Milton.
Compare: Rudd
Rudd (n.) (Zool.) 赤睛魚（一種產於歐洲的鯉科淡水魚） A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.
Shallow (a.) Lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field" [ant: deep].
Shallow (a.) Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" [ant: deep].
Shallow (a.) Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious".
Shallow (n.) A stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow].
Shallow (v.) Make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow, shoal].
Shallow (v.) Become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow, shoal].
Shallow-bodied (a.) (Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
Shallow-brained (a.) Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. -- South.
Shallow-hearted (a.) Incapable of deep feeling. -- Tennyson.
Shallowly (adv.) In a shallow manner.
Shallowness (n.) Quality or state of being shallow.
Shallowness (n.) Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn: superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness, profundity].
Shallowness (n.) The quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" [ant: deepness, profoundness, profundity].
Shallow-pated (a.) Shallow-brained.
Shallow-waisted (a.) (Naut.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.
Shalm (n.) See Shawm. [Obs.] -- Knolles.
Compare: Shawm
Shawm(n.) (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm, shaum.] -- Otway.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. -- Drayton.
Shalt () 2d per. sing. of Shall.
Shaly (a.) Resembling shale in structure.
Sham (n.) That which deceives
expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a
make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. "A mere sham." -- Bp.
Stillingfleet.
Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. -- Addison.
Sham (n.) A false front, or
removable ornamental covering.
Pillow sham, A covering to be laid on a pillow.
Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. -- Jowett (Thucyd)
Shammed (imp. & p. p.) of Sham.
Shamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sham.
Sham (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
Fooled and shammed into a conviction. -- L'Estrange.
Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]
We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. -- L'Estrange.
Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
To sham Abram or To sham Abraham, To feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.
Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. -- Macaulay.
Sham (a.) Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham].
Sham (n.) Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be [syn: fake, sham, postiche].
Sham (n.) A person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player].
Sham (v.) Make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign].
Sham (v.) Make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble].
Shama (n.) (Zool.) A saxicoline singing bird ({Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.
Shaman (n.) A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
Shaman (n.) In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination [syn: shaman, priest-doctor].
Shamanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
Shamanism (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors. -- Encyc. Brit.
Shamanism (n.) Any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes).
Shamanism (n.) An animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans [syn: shamanism, Asian shamanism].
Shamanist (n.) An adherent of Shamanism.
Shamanist (a.) Of or relating to shamanism [syn: shamanist, shamanistic].
Shamble (n.) (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
Shamble (n.) pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold.
As summer flies are in the shambles. -- Shak.
Shamble (n.) pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
To make a shambles of the parliament house. -- Shak.
Shambled (imp. & p. p.) of Shamble.
Shambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shamble.
Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Shamble (n.) Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn: shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling].
Shamble (v.) Walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: shuffle, scuffle, shamble].
Shambling (a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.
Shambling (n.) An awkward, irregular gait.
Shambling (n.) Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn: shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling].
Shame (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. -- Dryden.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? -- Shak.
Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. -- Ezek. xxxvi. 6.
Honor and shame from no condition rise. -- Pope.
And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. -- Byron.
Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! -- Shak.
Guides who are the shame of religion. -- Shak.
Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. -- Isa. xlvii. 3.
For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you!
To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil." -- Ps. xl. 14.
Shamed (imp. & p. p.) of Shame.
Shaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shame.
Shame (v. t.) To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him. -- South.
Shame (v. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. -- Spenser.
Shame (v. t.) To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. -- Ps. xiv. 6.
Shame (v. i.) To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.]
I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are. -- Shak.
Shame (n.) A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
Shame (n.) A state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy].
Shame (n.) An unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" [syn: pity, shame].
Shame (v.)
Bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing
a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant:
honor, honour, reward].
Shame (v.) Compel through a sense of shame;
"She shamed him into making amends".
Shame (v.) Cause to be ashamed.
Shame (v.) Surpass or beat by a wide margin.
Shamefaced (n.) Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. -- Dryden.
Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography. -- Trench. -- Shame"faced, adv. -- Shame"faced`ness, n.
Shamefaced (a.) Extremely modest or shy; "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise" -- H.O.Taylor
Shamefaced (a.) Showing a sense of shame [syn: shamefaced, sheepish].
Shamefaced (a.) Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed].
Shamefast (a.) Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced.
Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. -- Chaucer.
[Conscience] Is a blushing shamefast spirit. -- Shak.
Modest apparel with shamefastness. -- 1 Tim. ii. 9