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 Definitions of shameful  [ˈʃeɪm fəl]  

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Definition of 'shameful' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) shameful
disgraceful or scandalous; vile:
shameful behavior.

2.  shameful
causing shame; humiliating:
a shameful apology to his mom.

Etymology:  (bef. 950)

Definition of 'shameful' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
(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"

2. (adj) disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
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"


Definition of 'shameful' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) shameful
causing feelings of shame
a shameful secret; Your behavior was shameful.


Definition of 'shameful' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) shameful
bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful

2. (adj) shameful
exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight


Translation of 'shameful' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: disgraceful
shameful behaviour.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skandelik Arabic flag Arabic: مُخْجِل، شائِن، مُخْزٍ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: срамен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vergonhoso Czech flag Czech: ostudný German flag German: schändlich
Danish flag Danish: skammelig Greek flag Greek: επαίσχυντος Spanish flag Spanish: vergonzoso
Estonian flag Estonian: häbematu Farsi flag Farsi: شرم آور Finnish flag Finnish: häpeällinen
French flag French: honteux Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְבִיש Hindi flag Hindi: लज्जाजनक, शर्मनाक, घृणित,
Croatian flag Croatian: sramotan, sraman Hungarian flag Hungarian: szégyenletes Indonesian flag Indonesian: memalukan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skammarlegur Italian flag Italian: vergognoso Japanese flag Japanese: 恥ずべき
Korean flag Korean: 부끄러운 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gėdingas Latvian flag Latvian: apkaunojošs; kaunpilns
Malay flag Malay: memalukan Dutch flag Dutch: schandelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: skamfull, flau
Polish flag Polish: haniebny Persian flag Persian: شرم آور Pashto flag Pashto: شرموونكى، شرمناك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vergonhoso Romanian flag Romanian: ruşinos Russian flag Russian: позорный
Slovak flag Slovak: hanebný Slovenian flag Slovenian: sramoten Serbian flag Serbian: sramotan
Swedish flag Swedish: skamlig Thai flag Thai: น่าละอาย Turkish flag Turkish: utandırıcı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 丟臉的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ганебний; скандальний Urdu flag Urdu: شرمناک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đáng hổ thẹn Chinese flag Chinese: 丢脸的

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