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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The 2021 withdrawal was unacceptably chaotic and bloody, the takeover by the Taliban shameful, but that war is now over.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
For birth families, relinquishing a child was not only shameful but a badge of poverty.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
There will be a lot of shameful words written here about how embarrassingly inept your team are.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Reconciling with some more ugly, shameful guilty parts of a young woman’s coming of age was really exciting to me.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 May 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
For birth families, relinquishing a child was not only shameful but a badge of poverty.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
There will be a lot of shameful words written here about how embarrassingly inept your team are.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Reconciling with some more ugly, shameful guilty parts of a young woman’s coming of age was really exciting to me.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for shameful
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shameful. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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