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shame has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
compel through a sense of shame
“She shamed him into making amends”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for shame come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
cause to be ashamed
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt