Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaming

/ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
sham-ing
IPA
/ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shame

noun

The activity by which somebody is shamed.

Countable; Uncountable

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

shamings (plural)

Derived Forms

antishaming confirmshaming nonshaming shamingly

Phrases

bald-shaming body shaming body-shaming fat-shaming fat shaming gay-shaming lunch shaming PC shaming

Rhymes With

gaming claiming aiming naming blaming framing flaming proclaiming reclaiming taming renaming exclaiming

Questions

How do you pronounce shaming?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/.
What does shaming mean?
present participle and gerund of shame

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