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SHAMEFUL

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• SHAMEFUL (adjective)
The adjective SHAMEFUL has 2 senses:

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
2. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Familiarity information: SHAMEFUL used as an adjective is rare.

• SHAMEFUL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Synonyms:

shameful; ignominious; inglorious; disgraceful; opprobrious; black

Context examples:

Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands / an ignominious retreat / inglorious defeat / an opprobrious monument to human greed / a shameful display of cowardice

Similar:

dishonorable; dishonourable (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Synonyms:

disgraceful; scandalous; shameful; shocking

Context examples:

scandalous behavior / the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt / the most shocking book of its time

Similar:

immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

"The first step to health is to know that we are sick."
(English proverb)
"All that glisters is not gold."
(William Shakespeare)
"Fortune seldom repeats; troubles never occur alone."
(Chinese proverb)
"The vine says to the vintager: "Make me poor, and I will make you rich.""
(Corsican proverb)

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