shame
exclamation/ʃeɪm/
/ʃeɪm/
(South African English)- used to express sympathy, or to show that you like somebody/something
- Shame, she's so cute!
Word OriginOld English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb).Definitions on the go
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