Antonyms for shaming

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sheym

Phonetic Transcription : ʃeɪm

Definition of shaming

Origin : Old English scamu, sceomu "feeling of guilt or disgrace; confusion caused by shame; disgrace, dishonor, insult, loss of esteem or reputation; shameful circumstance, what brings disgrace; modesty; private parts," from Proto-Germanic *skamo (cf. Old Saxon skama, Old Norse skömm, Swedish skam, Old Frisian scome, Dutch schaamte, Old High German scama, German Scham). The best guess is that this is from PIE *skem-, from *kem- "to cover" (covering oneself being a common expression of shame).
Until modern times English had a productive duplicate form in shand. An Old Norse word for it was kinnroði, literally "cheek-redness," hence, "blush of shame." Greek distinguished shame in the bad sense of "disgrace, dishonor" (aiskhyne) from shame in the good sense of "modesty, bashfulness" (aidos). To put (someone or something) to shame is mid-13c. Shame culture attested by 1947.

verb disgrace, embarrass

Example sentences :

However, he succeeded in shaming the child out of these thoughts.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

I drove the thought from me, but it came again and again, shaming me and yet fastening on me.
Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

She was fair terrified of them turning Maori and shaming their father.
Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various

Of the shaming of Kunnewaaré; and of the death of the Red Knight.
Extract from : « Parzival (vol. 1 of 2) » by Wolfram von Eschenback

Farewell, farewell; we will not know you for shaming of you.
Extract from : « The Works of John Marston » by John Marston

I was only shaming her a little, because she sat there crying just like a great baby.
Extract from : « Ella Clinton » by Martha Farquharson

Shaming not her prototype, she stood before us, the vision of all that we had anticipated.
Extract from : « Mariposilla » by Mary Stewart Daggett

The harshness, Paul knew, was calculated, in the hope of changing her mind by shaming her.
Extract from : « West Of The Sun » by Edgar Pangborn

Every eye was on him and again the floor thundered, shaming her, flattering him.
Extract from : « Gideon's Band » by George W. Cable

We talked about meddling women, but the truth was that they were shaming us by doing what they could.
Extract from : « The Three Brides » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for shaming

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