Meanings
- Owing to a sense of shame.
he laughed at our poor blown beasts, that shook on every limb, and seemed like to push their spare, gaunt bones through the trappings with which, for shame's sake, we endeavored to cover them.
1857, Charles James Lever, Tom Burke of "Ours", volume IISynonyms: for very shame's sake
- A mild oath
Synonyms: for goodness' sake, for mercy's sake, for heaven's sake, for pity's sake
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbOwing to a sense of shame.
adverbA mild oath
Cite this entry
for shame's sake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20shame's%20sake
“for shame's sake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20shame's%20sake. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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