Clues for the word "SHAME"
We've had 101 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 252 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on July 13, 2026.
Definition of shame
- n. - 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.
- n. - Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
- n. - The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
- n. - The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
- v. t. - To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
- v. t. - To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
- v. t. - To mock at; to deride.
- n. - To be ashamed; to feel shame.
Referring Clues
- Word of reproach
- Make meek, in a way
- It may be dirty
- Turn red, in a way
- Humiliate
- Embarrassment
- "Naughty you!"
- "Fool me once, ___ ...
- It causes redness
- "Naughty, naughty!"
- "You should be embarrassed!"
- Finger wagger's cry
- Cause of a red face
- Humiliation
- Mortification
- What a black sheep may bring to its family
- Ignominy
- Embarrass
- Unfortunate turn of events
- Disgrace
- Finger-wagger's word
- Head-hanging emotion
- "Tsk tsk!"
- Self-reproach
- Jezebel's lack
- Blush cause
- Great embarrassment
- Regretful feeling
- Remorseful feeling
- Word said with a wagging finger
- "Hang your head!"
- Guilty feeling
- Dishonor
- Bad thing to be put to
- Word with dirty or crying
- Infamy
- Social opprobrium
- Blusher's emotion, perhaps
- Finger wagger's admonition
- Put to ___ (outdo)
- Cause redness
- More than embarrass
- Indignity
- "Fool me once, ___ ...
- Make blush
- Make blush
- Rueful embarrassment
- "Have you no ___?"
- "Tsk!"
- Aristotle's "ornament to the young"
- Public humiliation
- "___ on you!"
- Stings of conscience
- "tut-tut!"
- "For ___!"
- Cause to turn red, perhaps
- Red-faced feeling
- Loss of face
- "Tsk, tsk!"
- "That's a ___"
- For follower
- Strong regretful feeling
- "Fool me once, ___ ..."
- Abasement
- Bad thing to bring one's family
- Scoundrel's lack
- Humiliate phoney English leader
- Feeling of failure
- Pity
- Around morning she gets a feeling of guilt
- Disgrace - Salman Rushdie novel
- False note? What a pity!
- Has me in a tizzy, what a pity!
- A false note? What a pity!
- It's a pity she's out for the morning
- Disrepute
- Ignominy, disgrace
- "Fool me once, ___ on you ..."
- Humiliation of being hot in uniform
- Pity some Irish-Americans
- Blusher's emotion
- Extreme embarrassment
- Bombing comic's feeling
- Emotion related to guilt
- Mortify
- Finger-wagging reprimand
- "Ain't That a ___" (Fats Domino hit)
- Pity it's not a genuine note
- "Too bad"
- She's out for the morning – what a pity!
- Rueful feeling
- Fake note – what a pity!
- ___ Na Na
- Pity there's a false note
- Finger-wagging word
- "That's unfortunate"
- "___ has poor memory": Gabriel García Márquez
- Abase
- It's similar to guilt
- "Have you no ___?!"
- Has me wrong, what a pity!
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - July 13, 2026
- New York Times - March 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 02, 2026
- LA Times - January 11, 2026
- New York Times - December 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2025
- Daily American - July 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2024
- New York Times - September 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 30, 2024
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