as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
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Recent Examples of shameful
There is no length societies will not go to, no absurd logical leap people won’t take to recast our simple, human act of survival as something dirty and shameful.
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Amanda Nguyen, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
That these moral monsters have been welcomed to our shores with open arms is appalling and shameful.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
In other words, grief can make people feel guilty or shameful, so choose to suffer alone.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
With that album and now on a live tour, Rodriguez explores the shameful stereotyping of both women and artists.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Nguyen, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
That these moral monsters have been welcomed to our shores with open arms is appalling and shameful.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
In other words, grief can make people feel guilty or shameful, so choose to suffer alone.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
With that album and now on a live tour, Rodriguez explores the shameful stereotyping of both women and artists.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
Adjective
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The fair was overseen by Robert Moses, the influential and notorious urban planner whose highway projects displaced hundreds of thousands New Yorkers.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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After analyzing unsolved true crimes leads to massive popularity followed by a controversial downfall, Woo Sang attempts to reclaim his crown by tracking the notorious Hemline Serial Killer in real time — only to discover the killer has been watching his broadcast.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Classic Farmhouse, East Hampton This house has quite the storied history: its former owners were the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn (who later went on to buy perhaps the most infamous house in the Hamptons: Grey Gardens).—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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The pair arrived at the International Space Station on June 5 aboard the infamous Boeing Starliner but could not return due to discovered technical issues with the spacecraft.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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To his supporters, Trump is taking justifiable action over past shady behavior.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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Desperate to make clear his intense dissatisfaction with how Beck’s operation is being run, McCabe — aka Xavier Quinn, a very big (and slightly amnesic) bad from Reacher’s past — had Paulie fetch Beck’s son Richard, who’d already lost an ear to his father’s shady alliances.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Before these studies, the cause of TB was presumed to be primarily constitutional, by either an inherent predisposition or from unhealthy or immoral lifestyles.—
Karen Dobos,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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As part of a whole-of-government approach to combatting the threat, Treasury remains focused on leveraging all our available tools and authorities to better identify and counter these criminal activities.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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After publishing his story, Miller realized that there are many organizations, including the Just Trust in Philadelphia and Concordance in St. Louis, that are working to reform the criminal justice system and help people re-enter society as contributing members.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Now, Trump’s style is very off-putting—some would say disgraceful.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Zelensky is a hero of historic scale, brave beyond measure; Trump’s behavior was disgraceful.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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