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n. skam; skamkänsla; vanära; skamsenhet--------v. skämmas; skämma ut; förödmjuka; dra vanära över* * *[ʃeim] 1. noun1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) skam, skamsenhet2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) skam, vanära3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) en skam4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) synd2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) få ngn att för skams skull göra ngt2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) få att skämmas, skämma ut•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
- his shame
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