shameful
pronunciation
How to pronounce shameful in British English:
UK [ˈʃeɪmfl]
How to pronounce shameful in American English:
US [ˈʃemfəl]
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- Adjective:
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Word Origin
- shameful (adj.)
- Old English scamful "modest;" see shame (n.) + -ful. Meaning "disgraceful, causing shame" is from c. 1300. Related: Shamefully; shamefulness. Middle English shamely (adv.) "shamefully" for some reason has fallen from use. Old English scamlic (adj.) "shameful, disgraceful," but this also could mean "modest."
Synonym
Example
- 1. The eu budget has therefore turned into a shameful anachronism .
- 2. Ignoring the shameful and indecent way in which some people in the accounting profession have been conducting themselves is an indignity that should no longer be tolerated .
- 3. Not because of the ornate horse-drawn carriage travelling to buckingham palace in glorious autumn sunshine that was pretty shameful but because of what was happening on the pavements .
- 4. That is a shameful cop-out .
- 5. She had no shame of her sham and shameful words .