English
Etymology
From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame + -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)
- Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
- Giving offense.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
causing or meriting shame or disgrace
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Aromanian: arushinos
- Catalan: vergonyós, escadalós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 可恥/可耻 (zh) (kěchǐ), 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) (ntropiastikós)
- Ancient: αἰσχρός (aiskhrós), ἀεικής (aeikḗs)
- Hungarian: szégyenletes (hu)
- Indonesian: memalukan (id)
- Irish: náireach, náiriúil, adhnáireach, aithiseach
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- Italian: vergognoso (it) m
- Japanese: 恥ずべき (はずべき, hazubeki)
- Khmer: គួរឱ្យអាម៉ាស់ (kuŏrʼaô្yôʼamas)
- Latin: dēfōrmis
- Mongolian: ичмээр юм (ičmeer jüm)
- 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
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