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单词 shameful
释义 shame·ful
\ˈshāmfəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, bringing shame, modest, from Old English scamful modest, from scamu, sceamu shame + -ful
1.
 a. : bringing shame : injurious to reputation : disgraceful
  < the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt — W.M.Thackeray >
 b. : arousing the feeling of shame : indecent
  < that indecent exposure of teeth that became even more shameful when one realized the teeth were his own — Douglas Woolf >
2. archaic : full of the feeling of shame : ashamed
 < one of the most penitent and shameful offenders — John Keble >
shame·ful·ly \-fəlē, -li\ adverb
shame·ful·ness \-fəlnə̇s\ noun -es
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