shameful
Adjective Satellite
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; - Rachel Carson
- "a shameful display of cowardice"
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray
- "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"
Adj
- Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
- Giving offense.
Adjective
- Bringing shame or disgrace; scandalous.
Examples
- a shameful act
- It was a SHAMEFUL move, blocking his own potential bonus word just to spite his opponent.
- shameful publicity
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame + -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).
Synonyms
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, scandalous, shocking, despicable
Scrabble Score: 16
shameful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshameful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shameful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
shameful: valid Words With Friends Word