shame

shame
shame [{{t}}ʃeɪm]
1 noun
(a) (feeling) honte f, confusion f;
to my great shame à ma grande honte;
he has no sense of shame il n'a aucune honte;
to lose all sense of shame perdre toute honte;
to have no shame (no scruples) n'avoir aucune honte;
have you no shame? vous n'avez pas honte?
(b) (disgrace, dishonour) honte f;
to bring shame on one's family/country déshonorer sa famille/sa patrie, couvrir sa famille/sa patrie de honte;
to put sb to shame faire honte à qn;
she works so hard, she puts you to shame elle vous ferait honte, tellement elle travaille;
the shame of it! quelle honte!;
shame on him! c'est honteux!, quelle honte;
{{}}literary{{}} or {{}}humorous{{}} for shame! c'est une honte!;
her speech brought cries of "shame!" (in Parliament) son discours provoqua des huées
(c) (pity) dommage m;
it's a shame! c'est dommage!;
what a shame! quel dommage!;
it's a shame he can't come c'est dommage qu'il ne puisse pas venir;
it would be a great shame if she missed it ce serait vraiment dommage qu'elle ne le voie pas;
what a shame he forgot to tell you! quel dommage qu'il ait oublié de vous le dire!
2 transitive verb
(disgrace → family, country) être la honte de, faire honte à, déshonorer; (put to shame) faire honte à;
their record on staff training shames other firms ce qu'ils réalisent en matière de formation du personnel devrait faire honte aux autres entreprises;
it shames me to admit it j'ai honte de l'avouer;
to shame sb into doing sth obliger qn à faire qch en lui faisant honte;
she was shamed into admitting the truth elle avait tellement honte qu'elle a dû avouer la vérité

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