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   shameful

   /ˈʃeɪmf(ʊ)l/

   adjective

   • 1. worthy of or causing shame or disgrace: "a shameful accusation" Similar disgracefuldeplorabledespicablecontemptibledishonourablediscreditablereprehensiblebasemeanlowblameworthyunworthyignobleshabbyingloriousinfamousunprincipledshockingscandalousoutrageousabominableatrociousappallingdisgustingvileodiousmonstrousheinousunspeakableloathsomesordidbadwickedimmoralnefariousindefensibleinexcusableunforgivableinformal:low-downhatefularchaic:knavishdastardlyscurvyrare:egregiousflagitiousembarrassingmortifyingshaminghumiliatingdegradingignominiousinformal:blush-makingOpposite admirablehonourablelaudablepraiseworthy

   Word Origin Old Englishsc(e)amful ‘modest, shamefaced’ (see shame, -ful).

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   • 1. shamefulness noun

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   What does shameful mean?

   • vergonhoso, vergonhoso/-osa… குற்றம் சாட்டப்படுவதற்கு தகுதியானது, அல்லது வெட்கப்படுவதற்கு ஒரு காரணம்… సిగ్గుచేటు / నిందకు అర్హమైనది లేదా సిగ్గుపడటానికి కారణం… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SHAMEFUL definition: 1. deserving blame, or being a reason for feeling ashamed: 2. deserving blame, or being a reason….

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   How do you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful?

   • If you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful, you think that it is so bad that the person ought to be ashamed. ...the most shameful episode in their history. Causing or deserving shame; scandalous.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   What is a shameful behavior?

   • shameful behavior. shameful treatment. before 950; Middle English; Old English scamful. See shame, -ful Good for her—but what a shameful indictment of Planet Fashion. This is a degrading and shameful state which no man or woman should be forced to endure.

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   Is vulnerability shameful?

   • Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024 Plato envisioned all citizens learning at schools, religious ceremonies, homes, and even in the theater that seeking unnecessary profits at the expense of one’s neighbors was shameful. David Lay Williams, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024 Selena Gomez has a message for her critics: vulnerability is not shameful.

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   4 days ago · giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation. “"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray”. synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shocking. immoral. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong.

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