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names and shames

names and shames is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 names and shames

What is names and shames the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Names and shames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of name and shame.

Words near names and shames in the dictionary

  1. namer
  2. Namerican
  3. namers
  4. names
  5. names after
  6. names and shames
  7. names names
  8. names one's poison
  9. names the day
  10. names to conjure with
  11. namesake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: names and shames (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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