sense of shame
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4.9
- noun
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sentido de la vergüenza
- The community expressed a collective sense of shame over the recent scandal.
And kind of in what Ali said about how there's this sense of shame if you stand for truth and for what's right.
- And kind of in what Ali said about how there's this sense of shame if you stand for truth and for what's right.
- And while I'm sad that they feel that sense of shame, they can go get that help too.
- Always feel live in a sense of shame.
- They stuck into our hearts like a dagger, A sense of shame.
- It it it has those qualities, but underneath it is a deep sense of shame, feeling small, injured, empty.
- That's normal and human, and understanding that you are not alone can help with that sense of shame.
Examples
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Are these people completely beyond any sense of shame?
Blog text (9) -
In the end, the only resolution I arrived at was a sense of shame.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's not just the day social media makes all of this a lot worse, but the sense of shame that many survivors experience gets magnified.
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I was overcome with a sense of shame; I suppose because I wasn't actually suffering from physical disabilities myself.
Academic text (2007) -
And for the first time, perched there in my new clothes, I felt an unfamiliar, sickening sense of shame.
Fiction book (1995) -
Flattered by the older man's confidence in her, she accepted the role of confessor, but not without a sense of shame.
Academic text (1994) -
Whenever David Ladd thought of those long-ago events, it was always with an abiding sense of shame and failure.
Fiction book (2000) -
The old bourgeois virtues are no longer necessary to be super rich, and the scientists have lost any sense of shame they once may have had.
Academic text (2001) -
She felt a deep sense of shame after realizing her mistake.
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His actions left him with a lingering sense of shame that was hard to shake off.
Synonyms
632
4.6
An inner feeling that tells you what is right or wrong and makes you feel guilty
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2.3
A painful feeling of guilt and embarrassment about something you did wrong
16
4.2
A feeling of being sorry and worried after doing something wrong
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9.6
A feeling of guilt that stops you from doing something bad or follows it
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3.8
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
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4.6
A feeling that helps you know right from wrong and do the right thing
Feelings that make you hesitate because something seems wrong
Antonyms
How Ashamed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'sense' (an awareness or feeling) and 'shame' (distress after wrongdoing); 'sense of X' simply denotes having awareness of that X. This is a common, cross-linguistic and transparent noun phrase pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Sense of shame comes from the simple idea of an inner sense that makes you feel shame—for example, blushing or wanting to hide—when you have done something wrong. So, it means being 'aware' of your actions and wanting to do better.