From Middle English shameles , shamelees , schameles , schomeles , schomeleas , from Old English sċamlēas , sċeamlēas ( “ without shame; shameless ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz ( “ shameless ” ) , equivalent to shame + -less . Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas ( “ shameless ” ) , Dutch schaamteloos ( “ shameless ” ) , German schamlos ( “ shameless ” ) , Danish skamløs ( “ shameless ” ) , Swedish skamlös ( “ shameless ” ) , Icelandic skammlaus ( “ shameless; unashamed ” ) .
shameless (comparative more shameless , superlative most shameless )
Having no shame , no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest , brazen ; unable to feel disgrace .
( obsolete ) Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach .
c. 1503–1512 , John Skelton , Ware the Hauke ; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems , 1983 , →OCLC , page 62 , lines 38–41 :He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles ; For sure he wrought amys, [ …]
having no shame
Albanian: i paturpshëm (sq)
Arabic: وَقِح m ( waqiḥ ) , صَفِيق m ( ṣafīq ) , صَارِخ ( ṣāriḵ ) , وَقَاح ( waqāḥ )
Egyptian Arabic: بجح m ( begeḥ )
Armenian: անամոթ (hy) ( anamotʻ )
Azerbaijani: arsız , utanmaz , həyasız , abırsız , sırtıq
Belarusian: бессаро́мны ( bjessarómny )
Bikol Central:
Bikol Legazpi: warang supog
Bikol Naga: mayong supog
Bulgarian: безсра́мен (bg) ( bezsrámen ) , безсъ́вестен (bg) ( bezsǎ́vesten )
Catalan: desvergonyit (ca) , pocavergonya (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無恥 / 无耻 (zh) ( wúchǐ ) , 恬不知恥的 / 恬不知耻的 (zh) ( tiánbùzhīchǐ de ) , 不要臉的 / 不要脸的 (zh) ( bùyàoliǎn de ) , 厚顏無恥的 / 厚颜无耻的 (zh) ( hòuyánwúchǐ de )
Czech: nestydatý (cs) , nestoudný (cs)
Danish: skamløs
Dutch: schaamteloos (nl)
Esperanto: senhonta
Estonian: häbitu
Finnish: häpeilemätön
French: effronté (fr) , éhonté (fr) , sans scrupules (fr) , sans vergogne (fr)
Galician: desvergonzado (gl)
Georgian: ურცხვი ( urcxvi ) , უსირცხვილო ( usircxvilo )
German: schamlos (de) , unverschämt (de)
Greek: ξεδιάντροπος (el) ( xediántropos )
Ancient: ἀναίσχυντος ( anaískhuntos ) , ἀναιδής ( anaidḗs )
Hebrew: חֲסַר בּוּשָׁה ( ḥasar bushah )
Hindi: बेशर्म ( beśarm )
Hungarian: szégyentelen (hu)
Ido: senshama (io)
Indonesian: tak tahu malu
Ingrian: hävitöin
Irish: dínáireach , mínáireach , neamhnáireach
Italian: sfacciato (it) , spudorato (it) , svergognato (it)
Japanese: 破廉恥な (ja) ( はれんちな, harenchi na ) , 恥知らずな (ja) ( はじしらずな, hajishirazu na ) , 厚かましい (ja) ( あつかましい, atsukamashii )
Kapampangan: alang marine
Kazakh: ұятсыз ( ūätsyz )
Korean: 뻔뻔하다 (ko) ( ppeonppeonhada ) , 뻔뻔스럽다 (ko) ( ppeonppeonseureopda ) , 몰염치하다 (ko) ( moryeomchihada )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bêşerm (ku)
Kyrgyz: уятсыз (ky) ( uyatsız )
Latin: impudens
Latvian: nekaunīgs
Lithuanian: begėdiškas
Macedonian: бесрамен ( besramen )
Maori: whakatautau(w)hea
Norman: dêhonté
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skamløs
Occitan: desvergonhat (oc)
Old English: ǣwisċ
Pashto: بې شرمه (ps) ( be šarma ) , بدسترګی ( badstërgay )
Persian: بیشرم ( bi-šarm )
Plautdietsch: schomplooss
Polish: bezwstydny (pl) , bezpruderyjny (pl) ( literary, of one's approach to sex )
Portuguese: desavergonhado (pt) , sem-vergonha (pt)
Romanian: nerușinat (ro)
Russian: бессты́дный (ru) ( besstýdnyj ) , бессты́жий (ru) ( besstýžij ) , беззасте́нчивый (ru) ( bezzasténčivyj ) , беспардо́нный (ru) ( bespardónnyj ) , ни́зкий (ru) ( nízkij ) ( low ) , позо́рный (ru) ( pozórnyj ) ( disgraceful ) , бессо́вестный (ru) ( bessóvestnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: leamh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бе̏сра̄ман , бе̏стӣдан
Roman: bȅsrāman (sh) , bȅstīdan (sh)
Slovak: nehanebný , nemravný
Slovene: nesramen (sl)
Spanish: desvergonzado (es) , caradura (es) , descarado (es) , impúdico (es) , relambido m
Swedish: skamlös (sv)
Tagalog: walang hiya
Tajik: бешарм ( bešarm )
Thai: ไร้ยางอาย ( rái-yaang-aai ) , หน้าไม่อาย ( nâa-mâi-aai ) , หน้าด้าน (th) ( nâa-dâan ) , หน้าหนา (th) ( nâa-nǎa )
Tocharian B: onkipṣe
Turkish: utanmaz (tr) , yüzsüz (tr)
Turkmen: utançsyz
Ukrainian: безсоро́мний (uk) ( bezsorómnyj ) , безсти́дний (uk) ( bezstýdnyj ) , безсоромі́тний ( bezsoromítnyj )
Urdu: بے شرم ( be-śarm )
Uzbek: uyatsiz (uz) , besharm (uz)
Vietnamese: trơ trẽn (vi)
Welsh: digywilydd (cy)
Zazaki: bêar , bêşerm