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Term: shame

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "shame": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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shame

Definitions

Noun

  1. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
  2. A state of dishonor
  3. An unfortunate development

Verb

  1. Bring shame or dishonor upon
  2. Compel through a sense of shame
  3. Cause to be ashamed
  4. Surpass or beat by a wide margin
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "shame".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shame 1 21
2 ashamed 2 16
3 shameful 2 2
4 shamed 1 1
5 shames 1 1
6 unashamedly 5 1
7 ashame 2 0
8 shamel 2 0
9 shameless 2 0
10 shamelessly 3 0
11 shamelle 2 0
12 unashamed 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "shame".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ashame 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "shame".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 same 1 686
2 share 1 98
3 shape 1 85
4 shake 1 17
5 ashamed 2 16
6 shave 1 6
7 shames 1 1
8 shamed 1 1
9 sham 1 1
10 shamel 2 0
11 ashame 2 0
12 shramek 2 0
13 shamble 2 0
14 schamel 2 0
15 sharm 1 0
16 shane 1 0
17 shamu 2 0
18 shamp 1 0
19 shale 1 0
20 shaer 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "shame" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "shame" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "shame" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "shame".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shamp 1 0
2 shamu 2 0
3 shema 2 0
4 shima 2 0
5 shimp 1 0
6 shomo 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 12

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 6

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Tim Hayward on the strange shame of brown food
Sep 18, 2026 Financial Times
How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy
Sep 22, 2026 The New Yorker
'A spectacle that should shame us all': Macron hits out at Trump’s Gaza claims in last UN speech
Sep 23, 2026 Firstpost
In UN farewell, Macron denounces Trump’s Gaza diplomacy as spectacle of shame
Sep 22, 2026 The Straits Times
Dutch dictionary adds new term for labia after campaign to replace ‘shame lips’
Sep 25, 2026 Women's Agenda
PROP 1: If too political to talk about, shame on you
Sep 25, 2026 Coeur d'Alene Press
PROP 1: Shame on Committeeman Neill
Sep 25, 2026 Coeur d'Alene Press

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