to shame
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6.7
- verb
- /ʃeɪm/
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dejar en evidencia
- Will put to shame most people who don't have that discipline, who don't know themselves and give themselves a framework to be productive.
- put to shame
- shame the stars
But what they do, it puts us to shame.
- But what they do, it puts us to shame.
- Cyber Monday is shaming Black Friday.
- This is all to say, I would consider myself decently well traveled, but today's guest puts my travel list to shame.
- Tony Soprano is drawn at some level that puts a great film like Michael Corleone, you know, Michael Corleone's odyssey, to shame.
- Will put to shame most people who don't have that discipline, who don't know themselves and give themselves a framework to be productive.
- Bill Clinton's predatory behavior puts every politicians to shame.
- You know, white dude bangs cheetah, bro staying on the back of a cheetah, it'll put the it'll put bull riding to shame like that.
Examples
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The breathtaking performance of the dancers shamed all previous acts at the festival.
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Her dedication to fitness and health shames those who make excuses for not exercising.
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Enough to shame the space shuttle.
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Cyber Monday is shaming Black Friday.
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Arnold had it in for me ever since I shamed him at a school board meeting.
Fiction book (2001) -
A woman whose beauty shames the glory of the desert sunset.
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Criterion rescues Quadrophenia with a fantastic Blu-ray edition that easily shames all previous releases.
Blog text (28) -
TWO MILES SOUTHWEST AT INDIAN RIVER, DAVE TURIN'S TEAM IS PUTTING TODD'S QUARTZ CREEK CREW TO SHAME IN THE RACE TO FIND GOLD.
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The chef's exquisite dish put to shame every meal I had eaten before.
Synonyms
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2.1
Make someone feel awkward or ashamed in front of others
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6.1
Make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, often in front of others
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4.5
To make someone lose respect or honor by doing something shameful
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5.3
To make someone feel less proud or important
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5.3
To make someone or something lose respect by bad action
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5.9
To make someone or something seem less important compared with another
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5.3
To make someone or something seem less important by comparison
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Literature
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6.3
Publicly say which people or groups did something wrong so others will say bad things about them
Compounds
How Demeaning
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb shame can also mean to make someone look worse or weak by comparison, and this comes from the idea of causing shame in others. That's why when one person or team 'shames' another, they make the other seem foolish or inferior.