shameful meaning and definition

SHAMEFUL adjective

Definition of shameful (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"
   • synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious
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"
   • synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shocking