In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SHAME
pity, shame
(noun) an unfortunate development; “it’s a pity he couldn’t do it”
shame
(noun) a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
shame, disgrace, ignominy
(noun) a state of dishonor; “one mistake brought shame to all his family”; “suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison”
shame
(verb) surpass or beat by a wide margin
shame
(verb) cause to be ashamed
shame
(verb) compel through a sense of shame; “She shamed him into making amends”
dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon; “he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
shame (usually uncountable, plural shames)
Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
Something to regret.
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
Synonyms
• (uncomfortable or painful feeling): dishonor
• (something regrettable): dishonor, humiliation, mortification, pity
• See also: shame
Antonyms
• (uncomfortable or painful feeling): honor
Interjection
shame
A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
(South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
Etymology 2
Verb
shame (third-person singular simple present shames, present participle shaming, simple past and past participle shamed)
(transitive) To cause to feel shame.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
(transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
(obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
(obsolete, transitive) To mock at; to deride.
Synonyms
• (to cause to feel shame): demean, humiliate, insult, mortify
Antonyms
• (to cause to feel shame): honor, dignify
Anagrams
• Hames, Shema, ahems, haems, hames, heams
Source: Wiktionary
Shame, n. Etym: [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skömm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. Sham.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace. O Cshame is this! Shak. Guides who are the shame of religion. Shak.
4. 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.
Shame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shaming.]
1. 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.
2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. Spenser.
3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.] Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. Ps. xiv. 6.
Shame, v. i. Etym: [AS. scamian, sceamian. See Shame, n.]
Definition: To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.] I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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