shame

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shame/ʃeɪm/

▶noun

• 1 a feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.

• 2 dishonour.

  ■ a person or thing bringing dishonour.

• 3 a regrettable or unfortunate thing.

▶verb cause to feel ashamed.

– phrases
put someone to shame shame someone by outdoing or surpassing them.
shame on you! you should be ashamed.

– origin OE sc(e)amu (n.), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Gmc origin.