shamelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shame +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

shamelike (comparative more shamelike, superlative most shamelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of shame.
    • 1991, Carl Goldberg, Understanding shame:
      Losses of any kind seem to evoke shamelike responses in the infant. This is particularly true of loss of the familiar.
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