"for shame" meaning in English

See for shame in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} for shame
  1. You should be ashamed of yourself! Synonyms: shame on you Translations (You should be ashamed of yourself!): 你真可恥 (Chinese Mandarin), 你真可耻 (nǐ zhēn kěchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), fi! (Esperanto), häpeäisit (Finnish), ντροπή (ntropí) (Greek), ντροπή σου (ntropí sou) (Greek), σαν δεν ντρέπεσαι (san den ntrépesai) (Greek), skammastu þín! (Icelandic), Sit pudor! (Latin), wstydź się! (Polish), как вам не сты́дно! (kak vam ne stýdno!) (Russian)

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          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "nǐ zhēn kěchǐ",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "你真可耻"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "fi!"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "häpeäisit"
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          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "ντροπή"
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          "roman": "ntropí sou",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "ντροπή σου"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "san den ntrépesai",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "σαν δεν ντρέπεσαι"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "skammastu þín!"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "Sit pudor!"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "wstydź się!"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak vam ne stýdno!",
          "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
          "word": "как вам не сты́дно!"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "你真可恥"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐ zhēn kěchǐ",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "你真可耻"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "häpeäisit"
    },
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      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "ντροπή"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntropí sou",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "ντροπή σου"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "san den ntrépesai",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "σαν δεν ντρέπεσαι"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "skammastu þín!"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "Sit pudor!"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "wstydź się!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak vam ne stýdno!",
      "sense": "You should be ashamed of yourself!",
      "word": "как вам не сты́дно!"
    }
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  "word": "for shame"
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