Definitions for shameful

Definitions for (adj) shameful

Main entry: disgraceful, shameful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, black

Definition: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Usage: Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands- Rachel Carson; an ignominious retreat; inglorious defeat; an opprobrious monument to human greed; a shameful display of cowardice


Main entry: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking

Definition: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Usage: scandalous behavior; the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt- Thackeray; the most shocking book of its time


Visual thesaurus for shameful