shameful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Related & opposite
- shamefulness derivation
- disgrace derivation
- infamy derivation
- dishonorable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
scandalous behavior
Related & opposite
- shamefulness derivation
- scandalousness derivation
- scandal derivation
- immoral similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shamefulness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgrace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infamy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | dishonorable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shamefulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scandalousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scandal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | immoral |