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named and shamed

named and shamed is the simple past and past participle of name and shame.

Meaning of name and shame

Verb

name and shame (third-person singular simple present names and shames, present participle naming and shaming, simple past and past participle named and shamed)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To publish the name of (a person or organization that has committed some transgression) so as to single them out for individual blame and censure.
    • The England captain Courtney Lawes believes “unacceptable” racist behaviour must be stamped out of rugby and those responsible named and shamed following last week’s shocking revelations by his former teammate Luther Burrell.2022 July 1, Gerard Meagher, “England’s Courtney Lawes wants racists in rugby union named and shamed”, in The Guardian

Questions about named and shamed

What is named and shamed the simple past and past participle of?
Named and shamed is the simple past and past participle of name and shame.

Words near named and shamed in the dictionary

  1. namechecking
  2. namechecks
  3. namechild
  4. named
  5. named after
  6. named and shamed
  7. named names
  8. named one's poison
  9. named parameter
  10. named parameters
  11. named people

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Adapted from Wiktionary: named and shamed (page history and authors); name and shame (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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