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Shame

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.

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Broader term 21

Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Compel 76% connected

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Dishonor 76% connected

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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Disrespect 76% connected

Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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Enkindle 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Exceed 76% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Kindle 76% connected

To bring forth young.

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Misfortune 76% connected

Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

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Obligate 76% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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Oblige 76% connected

To attach, as by a bond.

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Outdo 76% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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Outgo 76% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

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Outstrip 76% connected

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Surmount 76% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Manner of action 5

Befoul 76% connected

To make foul; to soil.

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Defile 76% connected

To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

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Discountenance 76% connected

To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

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Foul 76% connected

A bird.

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Maculate 76% connected

To spot; to stain; to blur.

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Narrower term 8

Conscience 76% connected

Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

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Cringe 76% connected

To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to f…

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Embarrassment 76% connected

A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not kn…

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Humiliation 76% connected

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

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Obloquy 76% connected

Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

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Odium 76% connected

Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.

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Opprobrium 76% connected

Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language.

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Reproach 76% connected

To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.

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Derivationally related 4

Disgrace 74% connected

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

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Disgrace 74% connected

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

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Ignominy 74% connected

Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.

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Ignominy 74% connected

Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.

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Synonym 5

Attaint 92% connected

To attain; to get act; to hit.

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Disgrace 92% connected

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dishonor 92% connected

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignominy 92% connected

Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pity 92% connected

Piety.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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