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shameful

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shame·ful  (shmfl)
adj.
1.
a. Causing shame; disgraceful.
b. Giving offense; indecent.
2. Archaic Full of shame; ashamed.
shameful·ly adv.
shameful·ness n.
shameful
Adjective
causing or deserving shame: a shameful lack of concern
shamefully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.shameful - (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, disgraceful, black
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
2.shameful - giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
disgraceful, scandalous, shocking
immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
shameful
adjective disgraceful, outrageous, scandalous, mean, low, base, infamous, indecent, degrading, vile, wicked, atrocious, unworthy, reprehensible, ignominious, dastardly, unbecoming, dishonourable << OPPOSITE admirable
Translations
shameful [ˈʃeɪmful] adj → vergonzoso
shameful [ˈʃeɪmful] shame adj → honteux/euse, scandaleux/euse
shameful [ˈʃeɪmful] shame adj → schändlich
shameful [ˈʃeɪmful] adj → vergognoso/a


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But you are fitted for society, and it is shameful to have you exiled from it.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
if you know what that means; there was not a well-bred young horse in my time that had not his tail docked in that shameful way, just as if the good God that made us did not know what we wanted and what looked best.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
He had indeed committed no other than an error in politics, by tempering justice with mercy, and by refusing to gratify the good-natured disposition of the mob,[*] with an object for their compassion to work on in the person of poor Jenny, whom, in order to pity, they desired to have seen sacrificed to ruin and infamy, by a shameful correction in Bridewell.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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