Bill: I'm sorry to tell you that the cat died today. Mary: What a pity!
•Mary: The cake is ruined! Sally: What a shame!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
what a shame! — too bad! … English contemporary dictionary
(oh,) what a shame — spoken phrase used for expressing sympathy or disappointment She’s resigned? Oh, what a shame. Thesaurus: ways of expressing sympathysynonym Main entry: shame … Useful english dictionary
What a pity! — How unfortunate! What a shame! * /What a pity that he couldn t join us on our Hawaiian trip./ … Dictionary of American idioms
What a pity! — How unfortunate! What a shame! * /What a pity that he couldn t join us on our Hawaiian trip./ … Dictionary of American idioms
shame — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 feeling that you have lost the respect of others ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ secret ▪ This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades. ▪ public ▪ … Collocations dictionary
shame — shame1 S2 [ʃeım] n [: Old English; Origin: scamu] 1.) it s a shame/what a shame etc spoken used when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed ▪ She s failed her test again. What a shame! ▪ It s a shame that you have to … Dictionary of contemporary English
shame — shame1 [ ʃeım ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a guilty and embarrassed feeling you have when you or someone else has behaved badly: He speaks about it openly and without shame. bow/hang your head in shame (=hold your head down and look away from people… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shame — 1 noun 1 (U) the uncomfortable feeling of being guilty and embarrassed that you have when you have done something wrong: a deep sense of shame | to your shame (=making you feel ashamed): She realized to her shame that she had forgotten Nina s… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shame — I UK [ʃeɪm] / US noun ** 1) [singular] a reason for feeling sad or disappointed It seems a shame to waste all this food. It was a shame that you couldn t come with us. a great/crying/terrible shame: It would have been a crying shame if we had… … English dictionary
shame — n. & v. n. 1 a feeling of distress or humiliation caused by consciousness of the guilt or folly of oneself or an associate. 2 a capacity for experiencing this feeling, esp. as imposing a restraint on behaviour (has no sense of shame). 3 a state… … Useful english dictionary
shame — Hilahila, waia. ♦ To put to shame, ho ohilahila, ho owaia, ho ohoka. ♦ What a shame! Aloha ino! … English-Hawaiian dictionary
