forshame

See also: for shame

English

Alternative forms

• foreshame

Etymology

From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- +‎ shame.

Verb

forshame (third-person singular simple present forshames, present participle forshaming, simple past and past participle forshamed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To shame; bring reproach on.
3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England) To dare; presume; have the face to.