Collocations for shame - noun
1. feeling that you have lost the respect of others
ADJ.
deep
VERB + SHAME
be filled with, feel | bring, cause
His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.
His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.
die of
(figurative) I nearly died of shame!
(figurative) I nearly died of shame!
PREP.
from ~
She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.
She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.
in ~
She shut her eyes in shame.
She shut her eyes in shame.
to your ~
To my shame, I didn''t tell Robert about the party.
To my shame, I didn''t tell Robert about the party.
without ~
He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther''s death.
He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther''s death.
with ~
She blushed with shame.
She blushed with shame.
~ about/over
You feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?
You feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?
~ at
She felt a flush of shame at what she''d done.
She felt a flush of shame at what she''d done.
PHRASES
a cause for shame
Her pregnancy was no cause for shame.
Her pregnancy was no cause for shame.
a feeling/sense of shame, bow/hang your head in shame
He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.
He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.
2. a shame: sth that makes you feel disappointed
ADJ.
crying, great, real, terrible, wicked
PREP.
~ about
It''s a terrible shame about Stuart losing his job, isn''t it?
It''s a terrible shame about Stuart losing his job, isn''t it?
PHRASES
a bit of a shame, rather a shame, such a shame, what a shame
What a shame you can''t come!
What a shame you can''t come!