as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
There’s nothing shameful about being seen with someone who is offering condolences and emotional support.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Many women delay treatment or avoid conversations about intimacy and urinary symptoms because the term feels shameful or permanent.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
However, even when the family finally gets a diagnosis and John has been featured on a BBC TV documentary about the syndrome, Heather still doesn’t really understand and treats him like a shameful family secret.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
The Dolphins christened the club’s 60th season with one of the most shameful performances in franchise annals.
—Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Many women delay treatment or avoid conversations about intimacy and urinary symptoms because the term feels shameful or permanent.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
However, even when the family finally gets a diagnosis and John has been featured on a BBC TV documentary about the syndrome, Heather still doesn’t really understand and treats him like a shameful family secret.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
The Dolphins christened the club’s 60th season with one of the most shameful performances in franchise annals.
—Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
Adjective
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She was joined by her older sister, Bennett, 2, who is notorious for her antics around the Kelce home.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 'Teflon Don' and the Gambino 'Crime Family' The Gambinos and their onetime leader John Gotti – aka the Dapper Don and the Teflon Don – are perhaps the most notorious of the five New York crime families and the one most closely mimicked by a slew of Hollywood TV shows and movies.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The infamous two-part operation, which killed more than 40 people and injured another 3,400, was condemned by Lebanon, the United Nations and human rights NGOs, but also intrigued the world for its ingenuity.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Rio de Janeiro’s governor claimed the operation in Alemão was larger than an infamous, protracted security crisis the neighborhood experienced in 2010.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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At the time, many bettors turned to social media to say that something shady occurred regarding prop bets involving his stats for that night.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Plants bloom well in shady locations and fill the late-summer gap with narrow, upright panicles packed with white or pink blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Her history underscores the need for state law and how the criminal justice system interacts with those mentally ill to be reviewed, advocates told the Journal Sentinel.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges Friday against Poway City Councilmember Tony Blain.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports historians believe the debacle may have been the most disgraceful thing ever endured by Cincinnati fans that didn’t involve Pete Rose.—
Kevin Cusick,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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This is disgraceful and immoral.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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