shame
/ʃeɪm/ nounDefinition
a shame › If you describe something as a shame, you are disappointed that it has happened: [+ to do sth] It's a real shame to waste all this food. [+ (that)] What a shame that they had to destroy such a beautiful building.
› [U] when you feel embarrassed and guilty about something bad that you have done: to be filled with shame
have no shame › to not feel embarrassed or guilty about doing bad or embarrassing things
(Definition of shame noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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