Definitions for: Shameful

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

Webster (1913) Definition: Shame"ful, a.
1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation;
disgraceful.

His naval preparations were not more surprising than
his quick and shameful retreat. --Arbuthnot.

2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a
shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser.

Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming;
degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. --
Shame"ful*ly, adv. -- Shame"ful*ness, n.

Synonyms: black, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonourable, ignominious, immoral, inglorious, opprobrious, scandalous, shocking

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