shameful

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   So bad that it causes shame or disgrace.

   Their shameful behaviour at the funeral was uncalled for.

From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame + -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).

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