shameful

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame (Freq. 2)
- "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
• Syn:
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious
• Similar to:
dishonorable, dishonourable
• Derivationally related forms:
shamefulness, opprobrium (for: opprobrious), ignominy (for: ignominious), ignominiousness (for: ignominious), disgracefulness (for: disgraceful)
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
• Syn:
disgraceful, scandalous, shocking
• Similar to:
immoral
• Derivationally related forms:
shamefulness, scandal (for: scandalous), scandalousness (for: scandalous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disgraceful, scandalous, shocking, black, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious