shame, shameful, ashamed

Definition

Shame is when a person has a painful feeling of being disgraced because of something dishonorable or improper that he or someone else has done.

Something that is "shameful" is "improper" or "dishonorable."
The term "ashamed" describes how a person feels when he has done something shameful.
The phrase "put to shame" means to defeat people or expose their sin so that they feel ashamed of themselves.
The prophet Isaiah said that those who make and worship idols will be put to shame.
God can bring shame to a person who does not repent, by exposing that person's sin and causing him to be humiliated.