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- DictionaryShame·ful/ˈSHāmf(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. worthy of or causing shame or disgrace: "a shameful accusation"
The meaning of SHAMEFUL is bringing shame : disgraceful. How to use shameful in a sentence.
deserving blame, or being a reason for feeling ashamed: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done. The crime figures are shameful. The family kept their shameful secret for years. Synonym. ignominious literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abase.
adjective. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. “a shameful display of cowardice”. synonyms: disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious. dishonorable, dishonourable.
The meaning of SHAME is a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety. How to use shame in a sentence.
1. ( often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure. I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour. 2. dishonour or disgrace. The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.
Definition of shameful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful, you think that it is so bad that the person ought to be ashamed.
shameful. (ʃeɪmfʊl ) adjective. If you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful, you think that it is so bad that the person ought to be ashamed. [disapproval] ...the most shameful episode in U.S. naval history.
SHAMEFUL meaning: Something shameful is bad and should make you feel embarrassed and guilty: . Learn more.
SHAMEFUL meaning: very bad bad enough to make someone ashamed.
