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shamer

shamer noun: one who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by public criticism.

Noun

shamer (plural shamers)

  1. One who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by public criticism.
    • The longer social-media shamers condemn preferences that the overwhelming majority of people share, the more inevitable the pushback.2021 July 4, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2021
  2. (obsolete) Something which makes someone feel ashamed.
    • My means and my conditions are no shamers / Of him that owes 'em, (all the world knows that,) / And my friends no reliers on my fortunes.1647, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, volume 5, published 1812, page 284

Forms of shamer

pluralshamers

Origin of shamer

From shame + -er.

Words formed from shamer

Phrases with shamer

Questions about shamer

What does shamer mean?
Shamer means one who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by public criticism.
What part of speech is shamer?
Shamer is a noun.
What is the plural of shamer?
The plural of shamer is shamers.

Words near shamer in the dictionary

  1. shamelike
  2. shamen
  3. shameplant
  4. shameplants
  5. shameproof
  6. shamer
  7. shamers
  8. shames
  9. shamesim
  10. shamesome
  11. shamest

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