shameful Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
opprobrious; ignominious; inglorious; black; disgraceful.
- 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
adjective satellite giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
shocking; disgraceful; scandalous.
- scandalous behavior
- the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- the most shocking book of its time

Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. Arbuthnot.
Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight. Spenser. Syn. -- Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming; degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. -- Shame"ful*ly, adv. -- Shame"ful*ness, n.