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shameless

[ sheym-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.

    Synonyms: unabashed, bold, impudent, indecent, brazen, unashamed

    Antonyms: modest

  2. insensible to disgrace.

    Synonyms: corrupt, unprincipled, hardened

  3. showing no shame.


shameless

/ ˈʃeɪmlɪs /

adjective

  1. having no sense of shame; brazen
  2. done without shame; without decency or modesty
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈshamelessness, noun
  • ˈshamelessly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • shameless·ly adverb
  • shameless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shameless1

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

It’s a hint of what could have been a large, shameless ceremony in another year.

I arguably had a much better time, as my once-a-week pacing helped me savor the films' shameless constructions.

I’m a shameless Katy Perry listener when I’m running, and just before the hill I double tapped my right earbud to skip to “Firework.”

A particularly shameless breed of scammers is already trying to take advantage of families looking for financial help from a new government program that offers up to $9,000 to help pay for burying covid-19 victims.

It’s monumentally important, and in places such as Texas, where noble “Don’t Tread on Me” has turned into shameless “Let Me Infect You,” we may watch a year-long brawl.

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

Full disclosure: I co-produce the Festival so, yes, that was a shameless plug.

The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”

About all our books have in common is our shameless use of Shakespeare as a source.

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

And yet they say these latter days of ours are distinguished above all else by shameless puffery!

The money went into the pockets of the Admiralty clerks and paymasters, who thrived on wholesale and shameless peculation.

To such a one he would say, 'Wilt thou cease to beg alms of Me in such a shameless manner?

My horrible wealth has killed all affection around me and has enveloped me with shameless self-seeking.

Denton raised his head from the half-mended coat, and said sulkily, 'You're a shameless liar, Alfred!

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