| ADJECTIVE | all | shameful, black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame |
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| all | shameful, disgraceful, scandalous, shocking | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation |
| Sounds | shey'mfahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. | |
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| Example | "a shameful display of cowardice" | |
| Synonyms | black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious | |
| Broader | dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
| Spanish | bochornoso, ignominioso, oprobioso, vergonzoso | |
| Catalan | deshonorant, ignominiós, oprobiós, vergonyós | |
| Nouns | shamefulness | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor |
| Adverbs | shamefully | in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree |
| Meaning | Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation. | |
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| Example | "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray | |
| Synonyms | disgraceful, scandalous, shocking | |
| Broader | immoral | deliberately violating / violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
| Spanish | denigrante, deshonroso, escandaloso, infamante, infame, ultrajante, vergonzoso | |
| Catalan | denigrant, deshonrós, infame, ultratjant, vergonyós | |
| Nouns | shamefulness | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor |
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