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shameful
[sheym-fuhl]
adjective
causing shame.
shameful behavior.
Synonyms: humiliatingdisgraceful or scandalous.
shameful treatment.
Antonyms: honorable
shameful
/ ˈʃeɪmfʊl /
adjective
causing or deserving shame; scandalous
Other Word Forms
- shamefully adverb
- shamefulness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Cuba denounced as “shameful” the decision to honor “a person who instigates military intervention in her Homeland.”
“The fact that McDonnell and his staff are so recalcitrant — and are so reluctant — to do their jobs is shameful.”
"My actions were disgusting, shameful, and sick," he said.
This is his Pynchoniad, a zigzagging epic of America and the world through our bloodiest, most shameful hundred years.
"This is not just vandalism, but a violent attack on the idea of non-violence," the Indian High Commission said in a post on X, calling it "shameful".
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