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foreshame

foreshame is the alternative form of forshame.

Meaning of forshame

Verb

forshame (third-person singular simple present forshames, present participle forshaming, simple past and past participle forshamed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To shame; bring reproach on.
  3. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, transitive) To dare; presume; have the face to.

Forms of foreshame

third-person singular presentforeshames
present participleforeshaming
past participleforeshamed
pastforeshamed

Origin of foreshame

Meaning unrelated to fore-, but spelling influenced by this prefix.

Questions about foreshame

What is foreshame the alternative form of?
Foreshame is the alternative form of forshame.

Words near foreshame in the dictionary

  1. foreshadowing
  2. foreshadowings
  3. foreshadows
  4. foreshaft
  5. foreshafts
  6. foreshame
  7. foreshank
  8. foreshanks
  9. foreshape
  10. foresheet
  11. foresheets

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