put+to+shame
51shame — shame1 S2 [ʃeım] n [: Old English; Origin: scamu] 1.) it s a shame/what a shame etc spoken used when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed ▪ She s failed her test again. What a shame! ▪ It s a shame that you have to …
52shame — 1 noun 1 (U) the uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed that you have when you have done something wrong: a deep sense of shame | to your shame (=making you feel ashamed): She realized to her shame that she had forgotten Nina s… …
53shame*/ — [ʃeɪm] noun I 1) [singular] a reason for feeling sad or disappointed It seems a shame to waste all this food.[/ex] It was a shame that you couldn t come with us.[/ex] 2) [U] a guilty and embarrassed feeling that you have when you have behaved… …
54shame — noun 1》 a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour. 2》 dishonour. ↘a person or thing bringing dishonour. 3》 a regrettable or unfortunate thing. verb cause to feel ashamed. Phrases put… …
55put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …
56put someone/something to shame — OUTSHINE, outclass, eclipse, surpass, excel, outstrip, outdo, put in the shade, upstage; informal run rings around, leave standing; Brit. informal knock spots off. → shame …
57put down — 1) informal she often puts me down Syn: criticize, belittle, disparage, deprecate, denigrate, slight, humiliate, shame, crush, squash, deflate; informal show up, cut down to size 2) I put him down as shy …
58shame the devil — embarrass Satan, put Satan to shame …
59put someone down — 1 (informal) he often puts me down: CRITICIZE, belittle, disparage, deprecate, denigrate, slight, humiliate, shame, crush, squash …
60put down — place or set down; write down, put to print; crush, repress (riots); humiliate, belittle (Slang); kill or destroy (animals); disgrace, shame, crushing retort …
