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

1. adjective. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
2. adjective. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
3. adjective. (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

4. adjective. 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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