осрамить

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Russian

Etymology

о- (o-) +‎ срами́ть (sramítʹ)

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Verb

осрами́ть (osramítʹpf (imperfective срами́ть)

  1. to shame, to disgrace, to dishonor
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть первая, IV”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      «Да, он о́чень краси́в, ду́мал Пьер, я зна́ю его́. Для него́ была́ бы осо́бенная пре́лесть в том, чтоб осрами́ть моё и́мя и посмея́ться надо мной, и́менно потому́, что я хлопота́л за него́ и призре́л его́, помо́г ему́.
      «Da, on óčenʹ krasív, dúmal Pʹjer, ja znáju jevó. Dlja nevó bylá by osóbennaja prélestʹ v tom, štob osramítʹ mojó ímja i posmejátʹsja nado mnoj, ímenno potomú, što ja xlopotál za nevó i prizrél jevó, pomóg jemú.
      “Yes, he is very handsome,” thought Pierre, “and I know him. It would be particularly pleasant to him to dishonor my name and ridicule me, just because I have exerted myself on his behalf, befriended him, and helped him.

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