shaming

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adjective

sham·ing ˈshā-miŋ

Synonyms of shaming next

: causing feelings of shame

The facts are too shaming for a proud nation to remember.—

Niger Calder

… for me it's a shaming reminder that for five and a half months I let a man call me "Baby Bear" …—

Tina Brown

What happened at Enron … was indeed a shaming episode in the history of US capitalism.—

Geoffrey Owen

… books that if they are left unread are truly shaming …—

Jeff Reid

shamingly adverb

I was reduced to ringing. Got the answering machine. Her voice—but insultingly impersonal, shamingly stilted. —

Michael Frayn

shaming

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noun

plural shamings

: the act or activity of subjecting someone to shame, disgrace, humiliation, or disrepute especially by public exposure or criticism

Other times they would take more aggressive measures, tracking down and exposing the identities of supposed wrongdoers who the group felt had not been brought to justice. Public shaming is a standard tool for this kind of activism …—

Emily Bazelon

Between 1957 and 1961, he … managed to rig the outcomes of at least 43 [college basketball] games, leading to the arrests of 37 players and the shaming of several others.—

Eric Konigsberg

As the parade of … public shamings on Capitol Hill has shown …, the wealthy may not be universally loved, but they're America's favorite spectacle.—

James Poniewozik

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How much influence the flight shaming movement will have on passenger numbers in the long run remains to be seen. —

Michele Robson, Fortune Europe, 11 Oct. 2024 Shift focus to united problem-solving over blaming or shaming. —

Kinga Vajda, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Most have kept quiet about a prosecution that, for some, led to prison sentences and public shaming over standardized test cheating, fake athletic credentialing and other illicit efforts to ensure their kids gained acceptance into prestigious universities. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2024 Aim not to react with your own emotions or be defensive, punitive, guilting, or shaming, suggests Dr. Cohen. —

Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for shaming