shameful
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Synonyms & Antonyms for shameful
Synonyms
discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, infamous, louche, notorious, opprobrious, shady, shoddy, shy, unrespectable
Antonyms
honorable, reputable, respectable
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There is nothing wrong or shameful about a boy who wants to do ballet. — Leah Rocketto, Woman's Day, "'Dance Moms' Star Brady Farrar Slams 'GMA's Lara Spencer For Prince George Comments," 23 Aug. 2019 Chattel slavery launched the longest, ugliest, most shameful period in American history. — USA Today, "Were Wanda Tucker’s ancestors America’s first slaves? A difficult search for answers in far-away Angola," 22 Aug. 2019 That pulling a weapon at a fistfight is a shameful act of cowardice and betrayal of a timeless code. — John Archibald | [email protected], al, "Virtues learned in the South," 18 Aug. 2019 Now, crashing into the consciousness of the whole country, is the realization that other forces have been at work here, the narratives of bigotry that many of us assumed were vestigial relics of a shameful past. — Michael Bradley, National Geographic, "‘This isn’t us? Oh but it is.’ New Zealand grapples with its history," 19 Mar. 2019 She is now remembered most for the prison that bears her name, a shameful and dehumanizing memorial that has also gained national attention. — John Archibald | [email protected], al.com, "Sing a new song, Alabama," 5 July 2019 Trump’s holding cells for small children shameful What has happened to our country? — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Trump’s holding cells for small children shameful," 27 June 2019 For most, the argument was a fig leaf to justify their shameful failure to protect innocent unborn life. — Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, "Thiessen: Biden’s surrender on abortion is theater of the absurd," 12 June 2019 Clotilda kept her secrets over the decades, even as some deniers contended that the shameful episode never occurred. — National Geographic, "Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama," 22 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shameful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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