Usually means: Feelings of guilt or disgrace.
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  1. shames: Merriam-Webster
  2. shames: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shames: Vocabulary.com
  4. Shames, shame's, shames: Wordnik
  5. shames: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. shames: Wiktionary
  7. shames: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. shames: Dictionary.com
  9. shames: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Shames: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Shames: Rhymezone
  12. shames: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shames: Legal dictionary

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  1. shames: Idioms

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of shammes

Similar:
dishonour, disgrace, ignominy, dishonor, pity, attaint, embarrass, humiliate, revile, belittle, more...

Opposite:
pride, honor, dignity, self-respect

Types:
mortification, humiliation, chagrin, disgrace, embarrassment, more...

Phrases:
Edward Shames, Eight Honors and Eight Shames, person who shames, more...



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Similar:
dishonour, disgrace, ignominy, dishonor, pity, attaint, embarrass, humiliate, revile, belittle, more...

Opposite:
pride, honor, dignity, self-respect

Types:
mortification, humiliation, chagrin, disgrace, embarrassment, more...

Phrases:
Edward Shames, Eight Honors and Eight Shames, person who shames, more...



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