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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."”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Deserving disgrace”8 letters
02“Disgraceful”8 letters

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