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Another word for shameful

shameful Synonyms

shameful

modif.

Offensive
immodest, corrupt, immoral, intemperate, debauched, drunken, profligate, villainous, knavish, degraded, reprobate, diabolical, indecent, indelicate, lewd, vulgar, impure, unclean, fleshly, carnal, sinful, wicked; see also offensive 2.
Antonyms upright*, chaste, honorable.
Causing shame
dishonorable, disgraceful, contemptible, scandalous, flagrant, obscene, ribald, heinous, infamous, opprobrious, outrageous, shocking, ignominious, gross, infernal, disgusting, too bad, unworthy, evil, foul, hellish, disreputable, despicable; see also corrupt 1, dishonest 1, 2, wrong.
Antonyms worthy*, admirable, creditable.

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Another word for shameful

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Meriting or causing shame or dishonor:
discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, opprobrious. See respect
Worthy of severe disapproval:
condemnable, deplorable, disgraceful, unfortunate. See good

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This shameful discomfiture quickened all the suspicion and jealousy fermenting in France.
Expelled from Italy, he only came to France to buy a shameful peace.
In accordance with his former action on all questions of religious toleration he opposed the shameful Five Mile Act of 1665.
These shameful deeds made the islanders regard it as a duty to avenge their wrongs on any white men they could entice upon their shores.
Her health began to break down, and it appears to be nearly certain that towards the end she suffered from hysteria of a shameful kind.

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