shand

Synonyms of shand

• duffing
• no good
• valueless
• bastardly
• cacky
• cocking
• cruddy
• draffish
• dreckish
• drecky

Forms of shand

Origin of shand

From Middle English shande, schande, schonde, from Old English sċeand, sċand (“shame, disgrace, infamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skounde (“shame, disgrace”), West Frisian skande (“disgrace, shame, humiliation”), Dutch schande (“shame, disgrace, reproach, dishonour, scandal”), German Schande (“shame, disgrace, ignominity, dishonour”), Luxembourgish Schan (“shame”), Yiddish שאַנד (shand, “shame”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”). Related to shame, shend. Doublet of shanda and shonda. Compare typologically the opposite direction meaning shift Proto-Slavic *pozorъ < *zьrěti (“to observe”).

From the Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, shortened from McShane.

Words formed from shand

• shandy

Words that rhyme with shand

• stand
• band
• land
• and
• expand
• sand
• strand
• understand
• rand
• bland
• brand
• canned

Questions about shand

What does shand mean?

Shand means shame; scandal; disgrace.

What part of speech is shand?

Shand can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.