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
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This has been a shameful business model for decades.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2024
Whenever Riley has experienced something shameful or bad—getting charged with a tripping penalty in a hockey game, for instance—Joy has been firing the memory of it into the back of Riley’s head via a pinball-launcher-like contraption, essentially burying these parts of her past.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Just look at the shameful cheerleading my own newspaper displayed toward Japanese American imprisonment to see the heroism of R.C. Hoiles.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
In a shameful surrender to demonstrations that violated several university policies, Brown and Northwestern agreed to hold formal votes to divest from companies doing business in Israel.
—Elias Saratovsky, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2024
Whenever Riley has experienced something shameful or bad—getting charged with a tripping penalty in a hockey game, for instance—Joy has been firing the memory of it into the back of Riley’s head via a pinball-launcher-like contraption, essentially burying these parts of her past.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Just look at the shameful cheerleading my own newspaper displayed toward Japanese American imprisonment to see the heroism of R.C. Hoiles.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
In a shameful surrender to demonstrations that violated several university policies, Brown and Northwestern agreed to hold formal votes to divest from companies doing business in Israel.
—Elias Saratovsky, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameful. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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