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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Sadly, there’s no quick fix to this issue of online misogyny and public shaming. —

Callum Booth, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 The star went on to say that social media has also contributed to promoting public shaming towards young women. —

Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 The fat shaming that Winslet had to endure from that point onwards was both vicious and personal. —

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024 During the outbreak of COVID-19, flight shaming gained a different perspective. —

Michele Robson, Fortune Europe, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shaming