Scham

Definitions of Scham
  1. noun
    a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
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    types:
    Gewissensbisse, schlechtes Gewissen
    a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
    Verlegenheit
    the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
    Beklommenheit
    embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
    type of:
    Emotion, Empfindung, Gefühl, Gemütsbewegung
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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