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shaming

/ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪmɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of shame

noun shamings

countable, uncountable The activity by which somebody is shamed.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fake, faker, dissemble, pretended, imposter, feign, assumed, impostor, pretend, counterfeit, pretender, fraud, fictitious, pseud, affect, pseudo

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noun the activity of shaming

Español	zaherimiento, zaherío
Português	envergonhar
Deutsch	Beschämen

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@misc{shaming_2026,
  title = {shaming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shaming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}