Associations to the word «Shameful»
Noun
- Torture
- Utterance
- Burning
- Wretch
- Wrong
- Confession
- Contempt
- Surrender
- Embarrassment
- Misfortune
- Oppression
- Wherefore
- Manner
- Stupid
- Heroism
- Behaviour
- Scandal
- Grief
- Doom
- Abuse
- Knit
- Theft
- Louisa
- Sexuality
- Misery
- Begging
- Allah
- Retreat
- Tyranny
- Rape
- Pity
- Despair
- Nobles
- Barbarian
- Modesty
- Agony
- Pleasure
- Spectacle
- Sex
- Pride
- Thing
- Frustration
- Foe
- Virtue
- Behavior
- Death
- Lacrosse
- Custom
- Liking
- Pretext
- Truth
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SHAMEFUL, adjective. Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
SHAMEFUL, adjective. Giving offense
Dictionary definition
SHAMEFUL, adjective. (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 greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice".
SHAMEFUL, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.