Meaning of skamme | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be ashamed
   reflexive
2. to convince someone into doing something by making them feel shame
   rare, transitive

Examples

“Skam dig!”

You should be ashamed of yourself!

“Saa maatte Byfogden sende Bud efter hendes Farbroder, Niels Nielsen, som skammede hende til at gaae hjem.”

Then the bailiff had to send for her paternal uncle, Niels Nielsen, who shamed her into going home.

“Han var kommet her til Hôtel de Flandres, fordi Landon havde skammet ham til at besøge sin far.”

He had come here to Hôtel de Flandres, because Landon had shamed him into visiting his father.

“Jeg så ham direkte i øjnene og skammede ham til at indse at det kun var et udvalgt mindretal af de mange der boede i paladset, som faktisk blev beskyttet.”

I looked him directly in the eyes and shamed him into realizing that it was only a select minority of the many that lived within the palace that were actually protected.

CEFR level