· bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

Synonym(s): dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint

· compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"

Hypernym(s): compel, oblige, obligate

· cause to be ashamed

Hypernym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

· surpass or beat by a wide margin

Hypernym(s): surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

· make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

Synonym(s): simulate, assume, feign

Hypernym(s): dissemble, pretend, act

· make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

Synonym(s): feign, pretend, affect, dissemble

Hypernym(s): misrepresent, belie

· showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater

Synonym(s): guilty, hangdog, shamefaced

· suffering shame

Synonym(s): discredited, disgraced, dishonored