Antonyms for shamelessness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sheym-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪm lɪs

Definition of shamelessness

Origin : Old English scamleas "shameless, impudent, immodest;" see shame (n.) + -less. Related: Shamelessly; shamelessness. Cf. Old Norse skammlauss, Dutch schaamteloos, Old High German scamalos, German schamlos.

As in audacity : noun arrogance, presumptuousness
As in meanness : noun the quality of being mean
As in rudeness : noun impoliteness
As in audaciousness : noun impudence
As in brashness : noun impudence
As in brazenness : noun impudence
As in nerviness : noun impudence
As in overconfidence : noun impudence
As in pertness : noun impudence
As in presumptuousness : noun impudence
As in pushiness : noun impudence
As in sassiness : noun impudence
As in sauciness : noun impudence
As in uppishness : noun impudence
As in uppityness : noun impudence
As in effrontery : noun nerve, boldness

Example sentences :

Even when my shamelessness makes them not know where to look.
Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

Your shamelessness is balanced with gold for you at every step.
Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

The unconscious grip which the shamelessness of it all had over him was evidenced in what he did.
Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore

In all shamelessness, he turned his back on the battle and ran for cover.
Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London

But he was shaking his head as he went, at my shamelessness, I suppose.
Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

There was an appeal for pity in the eyes which had once been bright with shamelessness and sin.
Extract from : « When It Was Dark » by Guy Thorne

How did you ever get the shamelessness to break out of prison with such a wolf's face?!
Extract from : « Pandora's Box » by Frank Wedekind

“To be reviled and to feel no pain,” this is the Chinese ideal of shamelessness.
Extract from : « Village Life in China » by Arthur H. Smith

Howat couldn't point out the shamelessness of such an arrangement.
Extract from : « The Three Black Pennys » by Joseph Hergesheimer

Their credulity increases the narrators shamelessness; his shamelessness convinces their credulity.
Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross

Synonyms for shamelessness

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