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shame·ful Listen to audio/ˈʃeɪmfəl/ adjective
[more shameful; most shameful] : very bad : bad enough to make someone ashamed
There is no excuse for such shameful behavior. a shameful scandal What a shameful sight.
— shame·ful·ly Listen to audio /ˈʃeɪmfəli/ adverb
He has behaved shamefully. [=very badly; disgracefully] She looked away shamefully. [=she looked away because she was ashamed] He shamefully turned himself in to the police.
— shame·ful·ness noun [noncount]

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