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[ sheym-fuhl ] / ˈʃeɪm fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shameful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing shame: shameful behavior. disgraceful or scandalous: shameful treatment. Origin of shamefulbefore 950; Middle English; Old English scamful.See shame, -ful SYNONYMS FOR shameful1 mortifying, humiliating. 2 dishonorable, ignominious, vile, base, low. SEE SYNONYMS FOR shameful ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR shamefulSEE ANTONYMS FOR shameful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM shamefulshame·ful·ly, adverbshame·ful·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shamefulshameful , shamelessWords nearby shamefulshambles, shambolic, shame, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, shameless, shame on you, shames, shamina, Shamir Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shamefulGood for her—but what a shameful indictment of Planet Fashion. One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem|Danielle Belton|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST This is a degrading and shameful state which no man or woman should be forced to endure. The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST What other shameful secrets might a search of his Internet history turn up unrelated to his months swooning over ISIS? The Scared Widdle Kitty of ISIS|Jacob Siegel|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The complete and utter lack of compassion or a clue exhibited by these people is shameful in the extreme. The Psychology of Sex Slave Rings|Charlotte Lytton|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It surely however gives a certain type of feller a thrill, dark and shameful though it may be. The Dirty Secret Doctors Don't Want You To Know|Kent Sepkowitz|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the way Bova bethought him how he could have deserved such a shameful death, and to lose his life in the flower of his days. The Russian Garland|Various Her mother was nearly crazed, the whole village was gossiping the shameful story. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir|May Agnes Fleming But his heart was lifted in him, for he was leaving behind him a shameful death. Steve Yeager|William MacLeod Raine Cruel news I bring to you, boys; and for myself'—he hung his head—'cruel news, shameful news?' For Faith and Freedom|Walter Besant One which accused her of practising the shameful vices of antiquity. Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
British Dictionary definitions for shameful
adjectivecausing or deserving shame; scandalous Derived forms of shamefulshamefully, adverbshamefulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shamefulheinous, flagrant, embarrassing, vile, scandalous, sinful, reprehensible, humiliating, indecent, outrageous, dastardly, ignominious, shocking, immoral, disgraceful, base, carnal, contemptible, corrupt, debauched |