shameful
adjective /ˈʃeɪm.fəl/ disapprovingDefinition
C1 deserving blame, or being a reason for feeling ashamed: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done. The crime figures are shameful. The family kept their shameful secret for years.Humiliating and degrading shamefully /-i/ adverb disapproving › Both of you have behaved shamefully. The children had been shamefully neglected.Humiliating and degrading shamefulness /-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of shameful adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abase verb
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate verb (WEAKEN)
- discredit noun
- discredit verb
- disgrace noun
- disgrace verb
- dishonour noun
- humiliated adjective
- humiliating adjective
- ignoble adjective
- ignominious adjective
- ignominy noun
- reflect on sb/sth phrasal verb
- ruin noun
- shoddy adjective (NOT RESPECTFUL)
- stoop to sth phrasal verb
Topic:
Humiliating and degrading
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