: causing feelings of shame
The facts are too shaming for a proud nation to remember.—
Niger Calder
Niger Calder… for me it's a shaming reminder that for five and a half months I let a man call me "Baby Bear" …—Tina Brown
Tina BrownWhat happened at Enron … was indeed a shaming episode in the history of US capitalism.—Geoffrey Owen
Geoffrey Owen… books that if they are left unread are truly shaming …—Jeff Reid
Jeff Reid
shamingly
adverb
I was reduced to ringing. Got the answering machine. Her voice—but insultingly impersonal, shamingly stilted.
—Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn
plural shamings
: the act or activity of subjecting someone to shame, disgrace, humiliation, or disrepute especially by public exposure or criticism
Other times they would take more aggressive measures, tracking down and exposing the identities of supposed wrongdoers who the group felt had not been brought to justice. Public shaming is a standard tool for this kind of activism …—Emily Bazelon
Emily BazelonBetween 1957 and 1961, he … managed to rig the outcomes of at least 43 [college basketball] games, leading to the arrests of 37 players and the shaming of several others.—Eric Konigsberg
Eric KonigsbergAs the parade of … public shamings on Capitol Hill has shown …, the wealthy may not be universally loved, but they're America's favorite spectacle.—James Poniewozik
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Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Commentary surrounding body shaming of women on the Naperville Park Board with which McBroom publicly agreed led to a discussion of ethics and respect as well as a code of conduct to which our public officials should be adhering.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
However, toxic leadership behavior—bullying, shaming, intimidation, and fear—has negative consequences for workplace culture.
—Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Therein was set up the possibility for the kind of redemption arc that America loves almost as much as a good shaming.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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Within the compulsively readable and entertaining pages of all her stories, Weiner loads complex issues that resonate in women’s lives – body image and weight shaming; motherhood and infertility; infidelity; addiction and substance abuse, just to name a few.
—Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Commentary surrounding body shaming of women on the Naperville Park Board with which McBroom publicly agreed led to a discussion of ethics and respect as well as a code of conduct to which our public officials should be adhering.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
However, toxic leadership behavior—bullying, shaming, intimidation, and fear—has negative consequences for workplace culture.
—Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Therein was set up the possibility for the kind of redemption arc that America loves almost as much as a good shaming.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Shaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shaming. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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