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shameful

[sheym-fuhl]

adjective

  1. causing shame.

    shameful behavior.

    Synonyms: humiliating
  2. disgraceful or scandalous.

    shameful treatment.

    Antonyms: honorable


shameful

/ ˈʃeɪmfʊl /

adjective

  1. causing or deserving shame; scandalous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • shamefully adverb
  • shamefulness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shameful1

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

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Cuba denounced as “shameful” the decision to honor “a person who instigates military intervention in her Homeland.”

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“The fact that McDonnell and his staff are so recalcitrant — and are so reluctant — to do their jobs is shameful.”

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"My actions were disgusting, shameful, and sick," he said.

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This is his Pynchoniad, a zigzagging epic of America and the world through our bloodiest, most shameful hundred years.

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"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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