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Meaning of 'shameful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shameful [ a.]
- Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
- Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.

Meaning of 'shameful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shameful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Example in sentence:
  • a shameful display of cowardice;
  • an ignominious retreat;
  • an opprobrious monument to human greed;
  • inglorious defeat;
  • Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
Meaning (2):
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Example in sentence:
  • scandalous behavior;
  • the most shocking book of its time;
  • the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt

Nearby Words:

shab shabbed shabbily shabbiness shabbing shabble shabby shabrack shack shackatory

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