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shameful Definition

shame·ful (-fəl)

adjective

  1. bringing or causing shame or disgrace; disgraceful
  2. not just, moral, or decent; offensive

shameful Related Forms

shame·fully adverb shame·ful·ness noun

shameful Synonyms

shameful

modif.

  1. Offensive

    immodest, corrupt, immoral, intemperate, debauched, drunken, profligate, villainous, knavish, degraded, reprobate, diabolical, indecent, indelicate, lewd, vulgar, impure, unclean, fleshly, carnal, sinful, wicked; see also offensive 2.

    Antonyms upright*, chaste*, honorable. *

  2. Causing shame

    dishonorable, disgraceful, contemptible, scandalous, flagrant, obscene, ribald, heinous, infamous, opprobrious, outrageous, shocking, ignominious, gross, infernal, disgusting, too bad, unworthy, evil, foul, hellish, disreputable, despicable; see also corrupt 1, dishonest 1, 2, wrong.

    Antonyms worthy*, admirable*, creditable.

shameful Usage Examples

Preposition: that

police: It is both extraordinary and shameful that the police have chosen to press charges.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

see: I don't see anything particularly shameful about honestly admitting to innovation, actually.

Modifies a noun

  • lust: Such godless people ' God has given over, ' the Apostle says, ' to shameful lusts.
  • betrayal: Was there ever a more shameful betrayal of the National Church!
  • episode: We should be grateful in this shameful episode that we managed to get anything more than the standard tribunal fee.
  • neglect: We are increasing transport funding by 45 percent over the next three years to turn around the shameful neglect of the last Government.
  • secret: For Lukacs, who knew a great deal about Hegel, his religious views are a shameful secret.
  • deed: I have made my footsteps unbecoming by walking in shameful deeds.

Modifying Another Word

  • utterly: For the truth is that scrapping MPH was an utterly shameful decision.
  • absolutely: But the Government's proposed new deals over the car purchase, unfortunately welcomed by union leaders like Tony Woodley, are absolutely shameful.
  • rather: Luckily the law didn't get involved but a crowd did gather to watch our rather shameful descent from our heavenly nest.
  • truly: No, the only truly shameful thing you can do in this city is to wear a Rangers shirt in a Celtic pub.
  • particularly: I don't see anything particularly shameful about honestly admitting to innovation, actually.
  • quite: To damage these views for no good reason would be quite shameful.

Infinitive complement

  • say: We must say it rather bluntly that Meherally's deceptive methodology is shameful to say the least.
  • have: But you are fitted for society, and it is shameful to have you exiled from it.
  • make: Tired of waiting It is shameful to make families wait so long for inquest verdicts, says Eric Allison.
  • hear: It is so shameful to hear her fluency in English, which is her third language.

Used with adjective complement

  • consider: If they were captured they would try to commit suicide because it was considered shameful.
  • become: With the war in ex-Yugoslavia, Tito's name has become almost shameful to mention.

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