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Insensible to shame; callous. "We are shame - proof, my lord." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, v. 2. shäme, *schame, v. t. & i. [A.S.sceamian.] A. Transitive: 1. To make ashamed; to cause to feel shame; to cause to blush or feel degraded, dishonored, or dis graced. IMG:content-1307.png:[blocks in formation] disgrace on. "To shame his hope with deeds degenerate." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 1,003, *3. To mock at; to deride. "Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor."- Psalm xiv. 6. #4. To be ashamed of. "For whoso schameth me and my word is; mannes sone schal schame him whanne he cometh in his majiste and of the fadris and of the holy aungels."- Wycliffe : Luke ix. *B. In trans.: To be ashamed; to feel shame; to blush. "Be not you ashamed to shew, he'll not shame to tell you what it means." --Shakesp .: Hamlet , iii. 2. shame'-fāçed, adj . [A corruption of shamefast (q. v.).] Bashful, easily confused, or put out of countenance. "And scarce the shamefaced king could brook The gaze." Scott: Bridal of Trier main, i. 19. shame-fāçed-ly, adv . [Eng.shamefaced; -ly .] In a shamefaced manner; with exce ive modesty or bashfulne . shame-faced-ne , shame-fāç-ěd-ne , s . [Eng. shamefaced; -ne .] The quality or state of being shamefaced; exce ive modesty or bashful IMG:content-1308.png:[blocks in formation] shamrock shame-fül, *shame-full, *scheome-ful, adj. [Eng. shame; -full.] 1. Bringing shame or disgrace; disgraceful, ignominious. 2. Raising a feeling of shame in others; indecent. *3. Feeling shame, full of shame, ashamed. shame-fül-ly, adv. [Eng. shameful; -ly.] In a shameful manner or degree; with indignity or indecency; disgracefully. shame-fül-ne , *shame-ful-nes, s . [English shameful; -ne .] The quality or state of being shameful; disgrace, disgracefulne , shame, opprobrium, reproach.