as in humiliating
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement
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Recent Examples of shaming
Short and Yang made a great team shaming the Peanuts children.
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Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Some use shaming to project their values onto others to encourage conformity to their standards.
—Libby Ryan, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
The messaging is also made of the same fabric as victim-shaming.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
Cardi recalled her own experience with body shaming during pregnancy before turning her thoughts to Tyla’s backlash.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Some use shaming to project their values onto others to encourage conformity to their standards.
—Libby Ryan, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
The messaging is also made of the same fabric as victim-shaming.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
Cardi recalled her own experience with body shaming during pregnancy before turning her thoughts to Tyla’s backlash.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaming
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This announcement, humiliating the involved member, is harmful.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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Further discrediting itself, Thursday’s writeup includes a marketing pitch for the SquareX platform.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Wolfenbarger’s defense attorneys began to focus on discrediting Norma as a witness after prosecutors relied on her testimony to show the jury that her daughter Melissa had allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of her husband before her 1998 disappearance, according to WSB-TV.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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If that wasn’t embarrassing enough, then came an ugly post-game brawl that has gone viral on social media all over the world.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Shaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaming. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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