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"shame" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often disgrace (8 letters).
Definitions
surpass or beat by a wide margin
Word origin
From Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō.
Used in a sentence
“When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.”
“The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.”
“When he had saied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Painful embarrassment”5 letters
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