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Collocations for shame - noun

1. feeling that you have lost the respect of others

ADJECTIVE

deep
secret
This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades.
public
He risked public shame and possible imprisonment.
All she wanted was to escape so that she would not have to face this public shame.
national (esp. BrE)
It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions.

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VERB + shame

be filled with, feel
bring, cause
His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.
die of (figurative)
I nearly died of shame!

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PREPOSITION

from shame
She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.
in shame
She shut her eyes in shame.
to your shame
To my shame, I didn't tell Robert about the party.
To my everlasting shame, I failed her when she needed me most.
without shame
He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death.
with shame
She blushed with shame.
shame about, shame at
She felt a flush of shame at what she'd said.
shame for
Do you feel no shame for what you've done?
shame in
There's no shame in making an honest living.
shame on
Shame on you for doubting me!
shame over
You feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?

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PHRASES

bow your head in shame, hang your head in shame
a feeling of shame, a sense of shame
He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.

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2. (a shame) sth that makes you feel disappointed

ADJECTIVE

awful (esp. BrE), great, real, terrible
crying, damn, damned (all informal)

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PREPOSITION

shame about
It's a terrible shame about Steve losing his job.

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PHRASES

a bit of a shame (esp. BrE), rather a shame (esp. BrE), such a shame, what a shame
What a shame you can't come!

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Collocations for shame - verb

ADVERB

publicly
The people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.

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PREPOSITION

into
An outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.

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