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forshaming

forshaming is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about forshaming

What is forshaming the present participle and gerund of?
Forshaming is the present participle and gerund of forshame.

Words near forshaming in the dictionary

  1. forshakes
  2. forshaking
  3. forshame
  4. forshamed
  5. forshames
  6. forshaming
  7. forshape
  8. Forshaw
  9. Forshee
  10. Forshees
  11. Forshey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forshaming (page history and authors); forshame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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