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shameful
adjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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ˈʃeɪmfəl
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adjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
“{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}”
adjective
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
“scandalous behavior”
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{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}
an ignominious retreat
inglorious defeat
an opprobrious monument to human greed
a shameful display of cowardice
scandalous behavior
{'source': 'Thackeray', 'text': 'the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt'}
the most shocking book of its time
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