1
a
: bringing shame : disgraceful
b
: arousing the feeling of shame
2
archaic
: full of the feeling of shame : ashamed
shamefulness
noun
Examples of shameful in a Sentence
There is no excuse for such shameful behavior.
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Their refusal to follow President Trump's executive order is a shameful, inflammatory political stunt that is inherently anti-woman and an absurd rejection of biological reality.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
So far, our public officials have met this request with shameful silence.
—Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Proponents of the policy suggested that harboring such shameful secrets made federal workers vulnerable to blackmail by Soviet operatives (though nobody ever quite explained how a gay postal worker posed a threat to the nation).
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
After our withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 — that shameful debacle — many of us were concerned that the Taliban and al-Qaeda would refortify their alliance, never abandoned, and hit us again.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
So far, our public officials have met this request with shameful silence.
—Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Proponents of the policy suggested that harboring such shameful secrets made federal workers vulnerable to blackmail by Soviet operatives (though nobody ever quite explained how a gay postal worker posed a threat to the nation).
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
After our withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 — that shameful debacle — many of us were concerned that the Taliban and al-Qaeda would refortify their alliance, never abandoned, and hit us again.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameful. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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