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for shame's sake

for shame's sake adverb: owing to a sense of shame.

Adverb

  1. Owing to a sense of shame.
    • he laughed at our poor blown beasts, that shook on every limb, and seemed like to push their spare, gaunt bones through the trappings with which, for shame's sake, we endeavored to cover them.1857, Charles James Lever, Tom Burke of "Ours", volume II
  2. A mild oath

Synonyms of for shame's sake

Questions about for shame's sake

What does for shame's sake mean?
For shame's sake means owing to a sense of shame.
What part of speech is for shame's sake?
For shame's sake is an adverb.

Words near for shame's sake in the dictionary

  1. for rent
  2. for sake of
  3. for sale
  4. for Scotland
  5. for shame
  6. for shame's sake
  7. for sheezy
  8. for shit
  9. for shits and giggles
  10. for shits and grins
  11. for shizzle

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