walk of shame
Regretful morning commute
The walk of shame is the journey home the morning after a sexual encounter, typically still wearing the previous night's clothes.
The "shame" is ironic or rueful—disheveled hair, party dress at 7 AM, clearly not having slept at home: I saw her doing the walk of shame past the coffee shop.
The phrase implies casual sex without judgment, though it plays on older attitudes about propriety.
Loss of dignity
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- sheepishEmbarrassed and timid
- red-facedShowing visible embarrassment
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
self-consciousness · disheveled · flustered · cringe · exposed · vulnerability · discomfort · caught
Post-drinking illness
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- dawnDay's first glow
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- bedheadMussed morning coiffure
overnight · sleepover · hookup · commute · return · uber · rumpled · wrinkled
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
consequences · reputation · dignity · self-reproach · impulsive · reckless · indiscretion
Evening entertainment venue
- barDrinking establishment
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- collegeHigher education institution
campus · clubbing · drinking · drunk · kegger · rager · nightlife · singles
humiliation
Loss of dignity
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- sheepishEmbarrassed and timid
- red-facedShowing visible embarrassment
awkwardness · self-consciousness · disheveled · flustered · cringe · exposed · vulnerability · discomfort · caught · conspicuous
hangover
Post-drinking illness
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- dawnDay's first glow
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
bedhead · overnight · sleepover · hookup · commute · return · uber · rumpled · wrinkled · exhausted
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
hindsight · consequences · reputation · dignity · self-reproach · impulsive · reckless · indiscretion
nightclub
Evening entertainment venue
- barDrinking establishment
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
college · campus · clubbing · drinking · drunk · kegger · rager · nightlife · singles · dating
disapproval
Unfavorable opinion expressed
gossip · side-eye · snickers · reproach · double-standard · criticism · condemnation · looks · neighbors · passersby
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
- public shamehumiliation, disgrace, embarrassment, public failure, scandal
- campusdorm, dormitory, dormitories, dorms, quad
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
- hangoverhangover, hungover, morning after, rough night, one too many
walk of shamevictory lap
Celebratory post-competition circuit
walk of fame · victory march · strut · swagger · parade
walk of shameticker-tape parade
Celebratory march through falling paper
victory parade · perp walk · triumphal procession · graduation march · hero's welcome
walk, walks, walked, walking, walker, walkers, shame, shames, shamed