forshame
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
- (transitive) To shame; bring reproach on.
- (transitive) To dare; presume; have the face to.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forshamen inherited from Old English forscamian (make ashamed, be modest, be ashamed) pre from English shame.
Origin
English
shame
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antishame English
- beshame English
- cover-shame English
- fat-shame English
- kinkshame English
- outshame English
- shamable English
- shame English
- shameable English
- shamee English
- shamefaced English
- shamefast English
- shameful English
- shameless English
- shamelike English
- shameproof English
- shamer English
- shamesome English
- shamest English
- shameth English
- shameworthy English
- Scham German
- forscamian Old English
- forshamen Middle English
- schame Middle English
- shamo Ido
- shem Chinook Jargon