Antonyms for shameful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sheym-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪm fəl

Definition of shameful

Origin : Old English scamful "modest;" see shame (n.) + -ful. Meaning "disgraceful, causing shame" is from c.1300. Related: Shamefully; shamefulness. Middle English shamely (adv.) "shamefully" for some reason has fallen from use. Old English scamlic (adj.) "shameful, disgraceful," but this also could mean "modest."

adj atrocious; disreputable

Example sentences :

Not shameful, this: the honest pride of a woman in being chosen from many.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But you are fitted for society, and it is shameful to have you exiled from it.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

The scene was so shameful that I could scarce bear to look upon it.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

You're to be congratulated; it's a shameful waste of time and money.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

She had to sacrifice her sinful and shameful affections; no more.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

The abominable and shameful peace had been signed, the wretched Commune crushed.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

We have been rewarded beyond our deserts, and such reward is shameful.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Savage women regard it as shameful to cover their sexual organs.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Shameful beseeching—shameful that she should have to beseech.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

His heart was nigh breaking at the thought; it was too shameful.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for shameful

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