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SHAMEFUL
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
(adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; “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”
disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
(adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; “scandalous behavior”; “the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt”- Thackeray; “the most shocking book of its time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)
Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
Giving offense.
Synonyms
• See despicable
Source: Wiktionary
Shame"ful, a.
1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. Arbuthnot.
2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight. Spenser.
Syn.
– Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming; degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous.
– Shame"ful*ly, adv.
– Shame"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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