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.-reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.-the cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.-the parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.-to make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.-to cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.-to mock at; to deride.-to be ashamed; to feel shame.