"They felt a great shame!"

Translation: Ei au simțit o mare rușine!

[StaceyBlas]

Why is it mare rușine instead of rușine mare?

[Luchtmens]

Although adjectives generally come after the nouns they determine, the order can be reversed to emphasize the adjective. It is also reversed in some fixed expressions.

[Gisela113741]

We have the same phenomenon in other Romance languages like French and Italian, for instance "mon petit chat" (my little cat) or "una grande città" (a big city). I think it works mainly with adjectives like small, big, beautiful...