shameful

English

Etymology

From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame +‎ -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪmfəl/

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Adjective

shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)

1. Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful

   shameful publicity

   a shameful act

   • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo‎^[1]:

     "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

2. Giving offense.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:despicable

Derived terms

• shamefully
• shamefulness

Translations

causing or meriting shame or disgrace

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Aromanian: arushinos
• Bulgarian: срамен (bg) (sramen), позорен (bg) (pozoren)
• Catalan: vergonyós (ca), escadalós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可恥 / 可耻 (zh) (kěchǐ)

• Czech: hanebný (cs), ostudný
• Dutch: beschamend (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: häpeällinen (fi)
• French: honteux (fr), scandaleux (fr)
• Galician: vergoñoso (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: schandbar, beschämend (de), blamabel (de), peinlich (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍃 (agls)
• Greek: αισχυντηλός (el) (aischyntilós), ντροπιαστικός (el) (ntropiastikós)

  Ancient: αἰσχρός (aiskhrós), ἀεικής (aeikḗs)

• Hungarian: szégyenletes (hu)
• Irish: náireach, náiriúil, adhnáireach, aithiseach
• Italian: vergognoso (it) m
• Japanese: 恥ずべき (はずべき, hazubeki)
• Khmer: គួរអោយអាម៉ាស់ (kuəʼaoyʼaamah)
• Latin: pudibundus, dēfōrmis
• Malayalam: ലജ്ജാവഹമായ (lajjāvahamāya)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: skamfull (no)
• Plautdietsch: schomphaupt, schaundhauft, schaundboa
• Polish: haniebny (pl) m
• Portuguese: vergonhoso (pt)
• Romanian: rușinos (ro)
• Russian: позо́рный (ru) (pozórnyj), посты́дный (ru) (postýdnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: nàr
• Serbo-Croatian: sramotan (sh) m
• Spanish: vergonzoso (es)
• Swedish: skamlig (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: стидни́й (stydnýj), соро́мний (sorómnyj), соромі́тний (soromítnyj)
• Vietnamese: hổ thẹn (vi)
• Zazaki: arey