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Another word for shameful

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Adjective

  1. Meriting or causing shame or dishonor

    See also:

    respect

  2. Worthy of severe disapproval

    See also:

    good

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Another word for shameful

Modifier

  1. Offensive

    See also:

    offensive

    Antonyms:

  2. Causing shame

    See also:

    wrong

    dishonest

    corrupt

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • In accordance with his former action on all questions of religious toleration he opposed the shameful Five Mile Act of 1665.

  • Expelled from Italy, he only came to France to buy a shameful peace.

  • This shameful discomfiture quickened all the suspicion and jealousy fermenting in France.

  • That something shameful was his yesterday's conversation with Captain Ramballe.

  • 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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