Definition of Shameful

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Definition of Shameful
	Shameful Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight. Related Definitions: As, Bringing, Disgrace, Disgraceful, Exciting, Feeling, In, Indecent, Injurious, Of, Or, Picture, Reputation, Shame, Shameful, Sight, The, To

Shameful Quotations

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Confucius

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.
Shelley Winters

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Victor Hugo

A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning.
Susan Sontag

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.
David Hackworth

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.
Sophocles

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful.
Jamie Lee Curtis

Shameful Translations

shameful in Dutch is schandelijk
shameful in French is honteux
shameful in Latin is pudendus, dedecor
shameful in Swedish is skamlig

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