Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beshame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-shame
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shame; put to shame.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Controversy is the element of the learned person who has undertaken to beshame and chastise me: […]"
"But His approval was a conventional outrage! What can be less in accord with the customs of society than to criticize and beshame one's host, especially if we judge him out of his own mouth?"
"[…] a leading historian of the period, wrote, "Although they assimilated with those nations completely, they will find no peace among them; for the nations will always revile and beshame them, plot against them and falsely accuse them in matters […]"

Etymology

From be- (“at, on, upon”) + shame.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Inflected Forms

beshames (present, singular) beshaming (participle, present) beshamed (participle, past) beshamed (past)

Questions

What does beshame mean?: To shame; put to shame.
Where does beshame come from?: From be- (“at, on, upon”) + shame.

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