bring shame upon

bring shame upon
index derogate, disgrace, dishonor (deprive of honor), humiliate, pillory

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  • shame — Synonyms and related words: abasement, abash, abashment, abomination, apologies, atrocity, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bad, besmirch, bitterness, blacken, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bully, burning shame,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bring disgrace on — dishonor, bring shame upon …   English contemporary dictionary

  • shame — I n. 1) to bring shame on, to, upon 2) to feel shame at (they felt shame at accepting bribes) 3) (colloq.) an awful, crying, dirty shame 4) a shame to + inf. (it s a shame to waste so much time = it s a shame wasting so much time) 5) a shame that …   Combinatory dictionary

  • in shame of — preposition obsolete : in order to bring shame upon the gods do this in shame of cowardice Shakespeare …   Useful english dictionary

  • shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • bring on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bring on : present tense I/you/we/they bring on he/she/it brings on present participle bringing on past tense brought on past participle brought on 1) to be the cause of something bad, especially an illness… …   English dictionary

  • To do one shame — do do (d[=oo]), v. t. or auxiliary. [imp. {did} (d[i^]d); p. p. {done} (d[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing} (d[=oo] [i^]ng). This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (d[=oo] [e^]st) or dost… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To take upon one's self — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • To throw one's self upon — Throw Throw, v. t. [imp. {Threw} (thr[udd]); p. p. {Thrown} (thr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Throwing}.] [OE. [thorn]rowen, [thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. dr[=a]jan, L.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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