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

Other Word Forms

• shamelessly adverb
• shamelessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of shameless¹

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

Example Sentences

Many chanted "no amnesty" and held up placards calling Congress "shameless".

From BBC

She said: "This is shocking and shameless misinformation from VP Vance, who is either very badly informed about what my Act has done or he is knowingly misrepresenting it."

From BBC

If “democracy” has all along been nothing more than a scam rigged to benefit the powerful, then the solution lies in blatant, shameless and overtly infantile version of one-man rule.

From Salon

Nowhere is the heartlessness of the Netanyahu government and the Israeli state, and the shameless indifference of most of the world, more evident than in the deliberate starvation of an entire people.

From Salon

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leads the pack in shameless liars.

From Salon

Related Words

• audacious 
• bold 
• brash 
• brazen 
• flagrant 
• high-handed 
• immoral 
• improper 
• outrageous 
• rude 
• unabashed 
• unprincipled 
• wanton