shameful

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪmfəl/

Adjective

shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)

Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
- 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:
  "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
Giving offense.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:despicable

Derived terms

shamefully
shamefulness

Translations

causing or meriting shame or disgrace

Ancient Greek: αἰσχρός (aiskhrós), ἀεικής (aeikḗs)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Aromanian: arushinos
Catalan: vergonyós, escadalós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可恥 (zh), 可耻 (zh) (kěchǐ)
Czech: hanebný, ostudný
Dutch: beschamend (nl)
Esperanto: hontinda
Finnish: häpeällinen (fi)
French: honteux (fr), scandaleux (fr)
Galician: vergoñoso (gl) m
Georgian: სამარცხვინო (samarcxvino)
German: schandbar, beschämend (de)
Greek: αισχυντηλός (el) (aischyntilós), ντροπιαστικός (el) (dropiastikós)
Ancient: αἰσχρός (aiskhrós)
Hungarian: szégyenletes (hu)
Indonesian: memalukan (id)
Irish: náireach, náiriúil, adhnáireach, aithiseach

Italian: vergognoso (it) m
Japanese: 恥ずべき (はずべき, hazubeki)
Khmer: គួរឱ្យអាម៉ាស់
Latin: dēfōrmis
Mongolian: ичмээр юм (ičmeer jum)
Norwegian: skamfull (no)
Polish: haniebny (pl) m
Portuguese: vergonhoso (pt)
Romanian: rușinos (ro)
Russian: позо́рный (ru) (pozórnyj), посты́дный (ru) (postýdnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: nàr
Serbo-Croatian: sramotan (sh) m
Spanish: vergonzoso (es)
Swedish: skamlig (sv)
Thai: น่าอับอาย
Vietnamese: đáng xấu hổ, làm nhục (vi), lăng nhục
Zazaki: arey