1. [n]  an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
2. [n]  a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
3. [n]  a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
4. [v]  surpass or beat by a wide margin
5. [v]  cause to be ashamed
6. [v]  compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"
7. [v]  bring dishonor upon

Shame
Salman Rushdie`s third novel (1983) is a fantastic tale set in an imaginary country that strongly resembles Pakistan--a vast, sprawling canvas that illuminates its history, language, and political landscape. The story, which involves the rivalry between two very different men and their warring families, is essentially a colorful and sharply humorous political satire.

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1. \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to
   OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. &
   Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to
   be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and
   akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf.
   {Sham}.]
   1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or
      impropriety, or of having done something which injures
      reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or
      modesty prompts us to conceal.
            HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images,
            That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden.
            Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak.
   2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy;
      derision; contempt.
            Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek.
                                                  xxxvi. 6.
            Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
            And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring
            sister's shame.                       --Byron.
   3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach,
      and degrades a person in the estimation of others;
      disgrace.
            O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak.
            Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak.
   4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the
      private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3.
   {For shame!} you should be ashamed; shame on you!
   {To put to shame}, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to
      disgrace. ``Let them be driven backward and put to shame
      that wish me evil.'' --Ps. xl. 14.
   

2. \Shame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shaming}.]
   1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness
      of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to
      reputation; to put to shame.
            Were there but one righteous in the world, he would
            . . . shame the world, and not the world him.
                                                  --South.
   2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to
      disgrace.
            And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
                                                  --Spenser.
   3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]
            Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv.
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3. \Shame\, v. i. [AS. scamian, sceamian. See {Shame}, n.]
   To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.]
         I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are.
                                                  --Shak.