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forshame

forshame verb: to be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.

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 forshame

third-person singular presentforshames
present participleforshaming
past participleforshamed
pastforshamed
alternative formforeshame

Origin of forshame

From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- + shame.

Questions about forshame

What does forshame mean?
Forshame means to be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
What part of speech is forshame?
Forshame is a verb.
What is the past tense of forshame?
The past tense of forshame is forshamed.

Words near forshame in the dictionary

  1. Forsgrens
  2. forshake
  3. forshaken
  4. forshakes
  5. forshaking
  6. forshame
  7. forshamed
  8. forshames
  9. forshaming
  10. forshape
  11. Forshaw

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