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Word entry · 8 letters

shameful

Best crossword clue

"Deserving disgrace"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃeɪmfəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aefhlmsuStarts with SEnds with L2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Word origin

From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame + -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).

Used in a sentence

  • shameful publicity
  • a shameful act
  • "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Deserving disgrace8 letters
02Disgraceful8 letters

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