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Antonyms for shameful
ˈʃeɪm fəlshame·ful
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term shameful.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
shameful
Synonyms:
disgraceful, degrading, scandalous, outrageous, dishonorable, indecent, unbecoming
Princeton's WordNet
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shamefuladjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
"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"
Antonyms:
honourable, moral, honorableSynonyms:
pitch-dark, black-market, dim, fatal, inglorious, scurrilous, grim, calamitous, abusive, blackened, fateful, black, dark, sinister, opprobrious, bootleg, scandalous, disgraceful, smutty, contraband, pitch-black, smuggled, shocking, ignominious, disastrous, bleak, mordantdisgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shockingadjective
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
"scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
Antonyms:
honorable, moral, honourableSynonyms:
lurid, opprobrious, inglorious, shocking, scandalous, disgraceful, black, ignominious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shamefuladjective
Synonyms:
indecent, immodest, obscene, scandalous, disgraceful, reproachful, ignominious, infamous, flagitious, disreputable, vile, opprobrious
How to use shameful in a sentence?
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia:
Why are you not disgusted with yourselves when you use such shameful words? Do you imagine that you can woo a well-born woman with such witticisms and have her be well disposed towards you? Be refined and respectable men and then we can get along.
I recognize the enormous challenge I have before me due to the recent controversies, but I firmly believe that we can restore trust and, after this painful and shameful process, achieve reconciliation.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:
It's a pretty shameful episode in Australian political history.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.
Killing these buffalo is shameful.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4904 | moral | |
#12949 | honorable | |
#16760 | honourable | |
#29867 | shameful |
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