shamelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of shame.

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Meanings

adjectiveshamelike (comparative more shamelike, superlative most shamelike)

comparative more shamelike · superlative most shamelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of shame.

    Losses of any kind seem to evoke shamelike responses in the infant. This is particularly true of loss of the familiar.

    1991, Carl Goldberg, Understanding shame

Origin

From shame + -like.

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APA

shamelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamelike

MLA

“shamelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shamelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamelike.

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