shameful

shame·ful (sh

adj.

a. Causing shame; disgraceful.

b. Giving offense; indecent.

2. Archaic Full of shame; ashamed.

shameful·ly adv.

shameful·ness n.

shameful [ˈʃeɪmfʊl]

adj

causing or deserving shame; scandalous

shamefully adv

shamefulness n

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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 It is a shameful state of affairs.
disgraceful right, worthy, admirable, honourable, exemplary, creditable, laudable, estimable

Translations

shameful [ˈʃeɪmfʊl] ADJ → vergonzoso
how shameful! → ¡qué vergüenza!

shameful [ˈʃeɪmfʊl] adj (= disgraceful) → honteux/euse, scandaleux/euse

shameful

adj → schändlich; experience, secret → peinlich; another shameful day for the pound → noch ein schmachvoller Tag für das Pfund Sterling; how shameful! → was für eine Schande!; what shameful prices/behaviour! → diese Preise sind/dieses Benehmen ist eine Schande; there is nothing shameful about it → das ist doch keine Schande

shameful [ˈʃeɪmfʊl] adj → vergognoso/a

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contemptible
degrading
demeaning
discreditable
disgrace
disgraceful
disreputable
fig leaf
filthy lucre
flagitious
ignominious
ignominy
infamous
inglorious
nefarious
opprobrious
opprobrium
regrettable
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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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