States and conditions

Synonyms for shame

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

a state of dishonor

One mistake brought shame to all his family.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

disgrace

Same sentence, swapped: One mistake brought disgrace to all his family.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for shame as it is used in the sentence above.

regret
guilt
grief

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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