shamesome

English

Etymology

From shame +‎ -some.

Adjective

shamesome (comparative more shamesome, superlative most shamesome)

  1. (chiefly Ireland, dialect) Deserving of shame; shameful.
    • 1908, The Irish Monthly, volume 36, page 157:
      "Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […] "
    • 2011, Alan MacDonald, Goat Pie:
      'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […]
  2. (nonce word) An appropriate level of shame.
    • 2016, Vanessa Upton, Review: Ken Cheng, Chinese Comedian‎:
      The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”.
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