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Definition of shameful :
1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
Synonyms:
smuggled, disastrous, immoral, shady, heinous, scandalous, unworthy, ribald, black-market, disgusting, opprobrious, bleak, contemptible, fateful, awkward, unrespectable, louche, lurid, shoddy, flagrant, fatal, undignified, guilty, admirable, dishonourable, obscene, black, embarrassing, contraband, dim, abusive, infamous, bootleg, grim, notorious, foul, discreditable, disgraceful, worthy, evil, dark, gross, outrageous, embarrassed, pitch-dark, dishonorable, inglorious, sinister, ignominious, deplorable, dishonest, shocking, respect, shy, calamitous, condemnable, mordant, humiliating, pitch-black, infernal, hellish, creditable, despicable, smutty, painful, disreputable, blackened, good, unfortunate, wrong, scurrilous
offensive (part of speech: adjective)
immodest, reprobate, lewd, indecent, carnal, offensive, intemperate, impure, diabolical, degraded, villainous, unclean, profligate, wicked, corrupt, drunken, indelicate, fleshly, sinful, vulgar, upright, debauched, chaste, knavish
regretful (part of speech: adjective)
mourning, remorseful, contrite, sorrowful, regretful, lamenting, grieving, rueful, penitent, repentant
Usage examples:
- I call this quite shameful of you!" - "Sandra Belloni by George Meredith, v1", George Meredith.
- It's shameful of him. - "Gulmore, The Boss", Frank Harris.
- Remembering Hassan's instructions, he again answered, No. Then the dervish got up, and turned round on one foot angrily, and exclaimed, Thou shameful man, art thou insatiable? - "Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers", Various.