as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
This will be a shameful insult to everyone.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
The film deals with a range of ideas within the Chinese-American community regarding mental health, from the son’s Chinese therapist to Irene’s friend who believes he should be treated with herbs and chanting to others in the community who just see his schizophrenia as shameful.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
There is one way a sheriff can do a perp walk outside the federal courthouse in a non-shameful way.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
That was a shameful, cynical act of political cowardice and corruption.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
The film deals with a range of ideas within the Chinese-American community regarding mental health, from the son’s Chinese therapist to Irene’s friend who believes he should be treated with herbs and chanting to others in the community who just see his schizophrenia as shameful.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
There is one way a sheriff can do a perp walk outside the federal courthouse in a non-shameful way.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
That was a shameful, cynical act of political cowardice and corruption.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
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However, just as wedding bells chime, chaos ensues when the notorious Ghost Bandits raid his bank.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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While crawfish frogs might be notorious for their rap sheets full of B&Es, they are also said to have a distinct sound when calling, almost like the sound of someone snoring.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 1996, the now-infamous Cinderella Castle Cake design was unveiled for the park's 25th anniversary.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Mega-Prisons El Salvador’s sprawling new mega-prisons, including the infamous CECOT, are at the heart of this apparatus.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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Maybe not something drastic like a world war, slavery or the Holocaust, but there’s always shady s–t going on.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meursault also starts hanging out with his shady and brutish French neighbor, Raymond (Pierre Lottin), whose abusive relationship with an Algerian girl (Hajar Bouzaouit) eventually leads to the murder.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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This folly—which Iran has sternly warned against—is immoral, unjustified, and unlawful.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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To argue that their mere presence is proof that the book is dangerous or its author must be as immoral as his characters misses the point.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Trump's appeal against his conviction in his New York criminal case dealing with payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels is ongoing.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The local jurisdiction is reportedly pursuing any criminal charges against Francisco for killing Camacho, according to a statement from DHS.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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For example, the 1988 Supreme Court decision in favor of Larry Flynt reaffirmed the freedom of expression for the misogynistic, disgraceful pornographer, no matter how offensive his work was.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rather than attacking each other, slate candidates echoed similar messaging about Cuomo’s disgraceful record.—
Theo Oshiro,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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