Dictionary Entry

shameful

shameful is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
2adjective
Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
3adjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"
"an ignominious retreat"
Synonyms
black disgraceful ignominious inglorious opprobrious
4adjective
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation- Thackeray
"scandalous behavior"
"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"
Synonyms
disgraceful scandalous shocking

Synonyms

black disgraceful ignominious inglorious opprobrious scandalous shocking

Common word forms

shamefully shamefulness

Words from these letters

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