(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
Adjective S.
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human
Adjective S.
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
a.
Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation;
disgraceful.
a.
Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a
shameful picture; a shameful sight.
Shameful
His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat.2.
Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
Usage Examples
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.
I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.
I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers.
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.
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