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Shameful

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Adjective

1. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

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

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Example Sentences:
'scandalous behavior'
'the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt'
'the most shocking book of its time'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shameful

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adjective
causing or deserving shame; scandalous

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Shameful

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adjective
1. 
bringing or causing shame or disgrace; disgraceful
2. 
not just, moral, or decent; offensive

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Shameful

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adj.
1.
a. Causing shame; disgraceful.
b. Giving offense; indecent.
2. Obsolete Full of shame; ashamed.

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