English Explanatory Dictionary

forshame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
  2. To shame; bring reproach on.
  3. To dare; presume; have the face to.

Word forms

forshame forshames forshaming forshamed foreshame

Etymology

From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- + shame.

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