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1. shameful
adjective. ['ˈʃeɪmfəl'] (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ful (English)
- shame (English)
- scamian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Shameful
- apfel
- apocryphal
- awful
- awful
- baffle
- baleful
- bashful
- beautiful
- biffle
- blissful
- boastful
- bountiful
- bountiful
- careful
- cheerful
- coffel
- colorful
- cranfill
- deceitful
- deceitful
How do you pronounce shameful?
Pronounce shameful as ˈʃeɪmfəl.
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Quotes about shameful
1. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
- Ted Cruz
2. If you never tell anyone the truth about yourself, eventually you start to forget. The love, the heartbreak, the joy, the despair, the things I did that were good, the things I did that were shameful--if I kept them all inside, my memories of them would start to disappear. And then I would disappear.
- Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
3. It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
- Confucius
2. shameful
adjective. ['ˈʃeɪmfəl'] giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -ful (English)
- shame (English)
- scamian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))