Definition of Shamefulness

1. Noun. Unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor.

Exact synonyms: Disgracefulness, Ignominiousness
Generic synonyms: Unworthiness
Specialized synonyms: Scandalousness
Derivative terms: Disgraceful, Ignominious, Shameful, Shameful

Definition of Shamefulness

1. Noun. The property of being shameful. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being shameful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shamefulness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamefulness

shame
shame, shame
shame on you
shame plant
shameable
shameably
shamed
shamefaced
shamefacedly
shamefacedness
shamefast
shamefastly
shamefastness
shameful
shamefully
shamefulness
shamefulnesses
shameless
shamelessly
shamelessness
shamelessnesses
shamelike
shamen
shamer
shamers
shames
shamest
shameth
shami kebab
shamiana

Literary usage of Shamefulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts by County Kildare Archaeological Society (1899)
"... of the loss as the shamefulness of the foyle, put their heads together and built the wall. ... shamefulness ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1903)
"They must not be read in the light of modern American conceptions as to the duty of all men to work for a living, and as to the shamefulness of ..."

3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... unravelled by me, without aid from human instruction; seeing I erred so foully, and with such sacrilegious shamefulness, in the doctrine of piety? ..."

4. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... unravelled by me, without aid from human instruction; seeing I erred so foully, and with such sacrilegious shamefulness, in the doctrine of piety ? ..."

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