1
a
: bringing shame : disgraceful
b
: arousing the feeling of shame
2
archaic
: full of the feeling of shame : ashamed
shamefulness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of shameful in a Sentence
There is no excuse for such shameful behavior.
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
Recent Examples on the Web
That’s what this moron advocated in a shameful commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas -- a spew of backward misogyny that has since been rightly vilified.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
Related Articles Editorial: Bay Area school officials’ shameful tax-election manipulations
Similarly, the federal agency has been slow to require installation of technology that could minimize runway-collision risks.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
The Democrats’ craven and shameful performance hinted that EcoHealth’s government funding, which had been blocked by the Trump administration and restored, though delayed, under Biden, was pretty much doomed.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Combining wide-ranging tastes that would have seemed shameful to many 20th-century giants, 21st-century composers paradoxically forge ahead through foraging the past.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
That makes the Democrats’ performance all the more shameful and cowardly.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Without question, this is appalling, shameful, repulsive conduct that could only diminish defendant’s character before the jury.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
Outfit repeating when your looks is classic is never shameful.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 Apr. 2024
Though Biden spoke from a U.S. airbase that responded to the attacks, the Fox commentators called his behavior shameful.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
Related Articles Editorial: Bay Area school officials’ shameful tax-election manipulations
Similarly, the federal agency has been slow to require installation of technology that could minimize runway-collision risks.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
The Democrats’ craven and shameful performance hinted that EcoHealth’s government funding, which had been blocked by the Trump administration and restored, though delayed, under Biden, was pretty much doomed.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Combining wide-ranging tastes that would have seemed shameful to many 20th-century giants, 21st-century composers paradoxically forge ahead through foraging the past.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
That makes the Democrats’ performance all the more shameful and cowardly.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Without question, this is appalling, shameful, repulsive conduct that could only diminish defendant’s character before the jury.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
Outfit repeating when your looks is classic is never shameful.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 Apr. 2024
Though Biden spoke from a U.S. airbase that responded to the attacks, the Fox commentators called his behavior shameful.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameful. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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