shameful

From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame +‎ -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪmfəl/

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shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)

1. Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful

   shameful publicity

   a shameful act

   • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo‎:

     "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

2. Giving offense.

• See Thesaurus:despicable

• shamefully
• shamefulness