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shameful

[ sheym-fuhl ]

/ ˈʃeɪm fəl /

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adjective

causing shame: shameful behavior.

disgraceful or scandalous: shameful treatment.

Origin of shameful

before 950; Middle English; Old English scamful. See shame, -ful

SYNONYMS FOR shameful

1 mortifying, humiliating.

2 dishonorable, ignominious, vile, base, low.

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ANTONYMS FOR shameful

2 honorable.

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OTHER WORDS FROM shameful

shame·ful·ly, adverb shame·ful·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shameful

shameful shameless

Words nearby shameful

shambolic, shame, shame on you, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, shameless, shames, shamina, shamir, shamisen

Example sentences from the Web for shameful

Good for her—but what a shameful indictment of Planet Fashion.

One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem |Danielle Belton |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
This is a degrading and shameful state which no man or woman should be forced to endure.

The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror |David Keyes |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What other shameful secrets might a search of his Internet history turn up unrelated to his months swooning over ISIS?

The Scared Widdle Kitty of ISIS |Jacob Siegel |December 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The complete and utter lack of compassion or a clue exhibited by these people is shameful in the extreme.

The Psychology of Sex Slave Rings |Charlotte Lytton |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

It surely however gives a certain type of feller a thrill, dark and shameful though it may be.

The Dirty Secret Doctors Don't Want You To Know |Kent Sepkowitz |August 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On the way Bova bethought him how he could have deserved such a shameful death, and to lose his life in the flower of his days.

The Russian Garland |Various
Her mother was nearly crazed, the whole village was gossiping the shameful story.

Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir |May Agnes Fleming
But his heart was lifted in him, for he was leaving behind him a shameful death.

Steve Yeager |William MacLeod Raine
Cruel news I bring to you, boys; and for myself'—he hung his head—'cruel news, shameful news?'

For Faith and Freedom |Walter Besant
One which accused her of practising the shameful vices of antiquity.

Later Queens of the French Stage |H. Noel Williams

British Dictionary definitions for shameful

shameful

/ (ˈʃeɪmfʊl) /

adjective

causing or deserving shame; scandalous

Derived forms of shameful

shamefully, adverb shamefulness, noun