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shameful

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shameful in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (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"
    black  disgraceful  ignominious  inglorious  opprobrious  shameful 
  2. 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"
    disgraceful  scandalous  shameful  shocking 
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