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Word Meanings - ASHAME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To shame. Barrow.

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  • SHAMEFAST
    Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
  • BARROW
    A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain. (more info) 1. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.
  • BARROWIST
    A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
  • SHAMEFACED
    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;
  • SHAMEFUL
    1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. Arbuthnot. 2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a
  • SHAMELESS
    1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace. "Such shameless bards we have." Pope. Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless. Shak. 2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent;
  • SHAMER
    One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed. Beau & Fl.
  • SHAME-PROOF
    Shameless. Shak.
  • SHAME
    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 of G. hemd 1. A painful sensation excited by
  • HANDBARROW
    A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
  • WHEELBARROW
    A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
  • ASHAMEDLY
    Bashfully.
  • ASHAMED
    Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "I am ashamed to beg." Wyclif. All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. I began to be ashamed of sitting
  • COVER-SHAME
    Something used to conceal infamy. Dryden.
  • ASHAME
    To shame. Barrow.
  • RAKESHAME
    A vile, dissolute wretch. Milton.
  • SEA BARROW
    A sea purse.

 

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