/ ʃeɪm / Cambridge: If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory; an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else's bad behaviour; loss of honour and respect; to make someone or something seem not good by comparison. I like shame. It keeps everything together. To locate shame , you have to look underneath your ribs where your heart lies. Here lies my shame My people love to tell a story; of morality, of culture, of values; additives to my inherited shame. My shame in being a woman, afforded to me by my birth. shame on my growth , the shame on my liberation from my psychological bondage. my cradle to the world. ...