Synonyms for shameful
ˈʃeɪm fəlshame·ful

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1. shameful

   Synonyms:
   disgraceful, degrading, scandalous, outrageous, dishonorable, indecent, unbecoming

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1. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shamefuladjective

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   pitch-dark, black-market, dim, fatal, inglorious, scurrilous, grim, calamitous, abusive, blackened, fateful, black, dark, sinister, opprobrious, bootleg, scandalous, disgraceful, smutty, contraband, pitch-black, smuggled, shocking, ignominious, disastrous, bleak, mordant

   Antonyms:
   honourable, moral, honorable

2. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shockingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   lurid, opprobrious, inglorious, shocking, scandalous, disgraceful, black, ignominious

   Antonyms:
   honorable, moral, honourable

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1. shamefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   disgraceful, scandalous, dishonorable, disreputable, infamous, outrageous, ignominious, opprobrious, base, vile, villanous, nefarious, heinous, atrocious, wicked, dark

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1. shamefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   indecent, immodest, obscene, scandalous, disgraceful, reproachful, ignominious, infamous, flagitious, disreputable, vile, opprobrious

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1. List of paraphrases for "shameful":

   disgraceful, scandalous, outrageous, embarrassing, disgrace, shame, ashamed, shameless, unworthy, despicable, undignified, infamous, humiliating, ignominious, ignoble, reprehensible, appalling

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1. President Barack Obama:

   This was a pretty shameful day for Washington, it came down to politics -- the worry that that vocal minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections.

2. Lionel Messi:

   The pitches here are shameful, the ball is like a rabbit, it can go anywhere, the conditions are very difficult and it's very hard to dribble properly. This cannot go on.

3. Derek Schmidt:

   Attacks on this ad are an attack on every Kansas parent, like Natalie, who is disappointed, frustrated and angry about Laura Kelly’s lockdowns and mandates, it’s one thing for the governor to tell parents over and over she ‘makes no apologies’ for the damage she's done to our kids, but it’s shameful her team is stooping to attacking Kansas parents because her loyalists can’t defend her record.

4. Osama Abo El Ezz:

   Staff are very depressed ... This current continuous targeting of hospitals and medical facilities without any response from the international community is shameful and a massive disappointment.

5. Sekou Yara:

   It is shameful to live like this. I just want a normal life.