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Shama :: Shama (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut..

Shammy :: Shammy (n.) A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying..

Tripsis :: Tripsis (n.) Shampoo.

Shameless :: Shameless (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem..

Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.

Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.

Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc..

Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon..

Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..

Sham :: Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

Grossly :: Grossly (adv.) In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.

Open :: Open (a.) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt..

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution..

Reproachful :: Reproachful (a.) Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life..

Self-abasement :: Self-abasement (n.) Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame..

Shame :: Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace..

Flush :: Flush (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow..

Profligate :: Profligate (n.) An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

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