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