to have shame: to be ashamed, feel ashamed. Const. of, infinitive, that. Now poetic.

intransitive. To be greatly ashamed. In Old English also impersonal.

impersonal transitive, as in (it) shames me = I am ashamed. Const. to (or for to) and infinitive, a clause, or for; in Old English also genitive of…

intransitive. To feel or conceive shame; to become or be ashamed. Const. of, at, with, for. Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).

intransitive. To feel shame, to be ashamed. (In quot. 1305 aschame may be imperative, or perhaps noun formed on the verb.) Obsolete; but see ashamed…

In the 15th cent. this construction gave place to that in which the verb is the personal think, v.2 Now somewhat archaic.

To conceive shame, feel ashamed; to accept blame or disgrace as merited; to acknowledge that one is in fault. More fully to take shame to (unto, upo…

figurative. To be ashamed. Const. infinitive, at or for.

figurative. To shrink or writhe with horror, shame, etc.; esp. const. up.