Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Causing shame; disgraceful.
- adjective Giving offense; indecent.
- adjective Obsolete Full of shame; ashamed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Modest; shamefaced.
- Full of shame; tinged or permeated with a feeling of shame.
- That brings or ought to bring or put to shame; disgraceful; scandalous; as, shameful conduct.
- Synonyms Dishonorable, disreputable, outrageous, villainous, heinous, nefarious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
- adjective Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
causing ormeriting shame ordisgrace ;disgraceful - adjective giving
offense
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- adjective giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tonight, we're reporting on the president's blistering attack on what he calls shameful bonuses on Wall Street.
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Police say only a small number are indulging in what they call shameful behavior.
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He went on to give an emotional, blistering indictment of the Democrats and Republicans, both parties, for what he described as a shameful attempt, in his words, to conduct a shameless -- to walk -- let me get this quote right.
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The groups want Miyazawa to urge his guest formally to retract what they call the shameful "honorary white" label.
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Phyllis was for one hour haughty and unforgiving over what she called his shameful neglect and, for another, in a fever of unrest to see him.
Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War John Fox 1891
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The move came after after an ill-tempered Scottish Cup replay at Celtic Park on Wednesday which he described as "shameful".
BBC News - Home 2011
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He added a hash tag to his tweet with the word "shameful."
SI.com 2011
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He added a hash tag to his tweet with the word "shameful."
CNN.com 2011
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The only thing shameful is the colossal failure of this weak president, his corrupt administration and the disgraceful democratic congress. gt
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What IS shameful is that too many people will support any kinda foolishness to soothe the gulps of hatefulness many often swallow in non-support of this administration.
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