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shameless

[ sheym-lis ]

/ ˈʃeɪm lɪs /

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adjective

lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.

insensible to disgrace.

showing no shame.

Origin of shameless

before 900; Middle English; Old English sceamlēas. See shame, -less

SYNONYMS FOR shameless

1 brazen, indecent, impudent, bold, unabashed, unashamed.

2 hardened, unprincipled, corrupt.

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ANTONYMS FOR shameless

1 modest.

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OTHER WORDS FROM shameless

shame·less·ly, adverb shame·less·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shameless

shameless shameful

Words nearby shameless

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

Example sentences from the Web for shameless

We might have thought The Comeback was about a desperate actress's shameless struggle for fame.

‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards |Kevin Fallon |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Full disclosure: I co-produce the Festival so, yes, that was a shameless plug.

Middle East Goes Monty Python on ISIS |Dean Obeidallah |October 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”

The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK Politicians |Marlow Stern |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
About all our books have in common is our shameless use of Shakespeare as a source.

Book Bag: 5 Novels Shakespeare Sort of Wrote |Lois Leveen |October 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Before I understood the political elements, I loved it for the colorful, shameless theatricality.

Why We're Obsessed With George Takei |Jennifer M. Kroot |August 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
By this shameless woman various proposals were now made for bringing about a personal interview between herself and Elizabeth.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth |Lucy Aikin
There are a thousand legends and fables about the waste, the shameless theft, and so on.

Letters of Anton Chekhov |Anton Chekhov
During his absence, his shameless traducers redoubled their efforts to secure his ruin.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 |Various
Then a shameless exhibition of Venus followed, and Philammon could bear no more.

The World's Greatest Books, Volume V. |Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
Berkeley was shameless in corrupting the representatives of the people by handing out jobs.

Give Me Liberty |Thomas J. Wertenbaker

British Dictionary definitions for shameless

shameless

/ (ˈʃeɪmlɪs) /

adjective

having no sense of shame; brazen

done without shame; without decency or modesty

Derived forms of shameless

shamelessly, adverb shamelessness, noun