as in notorious
not respectable
shameful behavior by a bunch of drunken boors
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of shameful
Schmidt has never been one to be publicly introspective about the state of his team, and now, as the Rockies head towards baseball ignominy, outclassed by a team a year removed from its own shameful moment, that was clearly not about to change.
—
Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Continuation of this practice and introducing pauses of U.S. support for Ukraine are heading us to Russia’s victory and a shameful retreat for America.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
This is a shameful act by our Congress and by our president that is going to set our country back.
—ABC News, 6 July 2025
Boulet grew up near Lake Tahoe in the 1990s and early aughts, when steroid use had a mostly shameful association with athletes like Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, whose record-breaking feats came with an asterisk.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for shameful
Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Continuation of this practice and introducing pauses of U.S. support for Ukraine are heading us to Russia’s victory and a shameful retreat for America.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
This is a shameful act by our Congress and by our president that is going to set our country back.
—ABC News, 6 July 2025
Boulet grew up near Lake Tahoe in the 1990s and early aughts, when steroid use had a mostly shameful association with athletes like Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, whose record-breaking feats came with an asterisk.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for shameful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shameful
Adjective
-
This being the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's landmark shark horror film, much of the convention was devoted to celebrating Jaws' milestone — for better or for worse — in the representation of the notorious marine mammals.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
-
The most notorious, the Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada, had been converted into the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory.—
Julia M. Klein,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
Adjective
-
Osbourne made a surprise cameo near the film’s end, helping Nicky defeat one of his villains — who is disguised as a bat — by biting off its head, an homage to one of the rock star's most infamous on-stage antics.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
22 July 2025
-
But any extended skids that threaten to endanger a once-ironclad invitation to the playoffs — which have been expanded twice since 2008 — is going to conjure up memories of two of the most infamous late-season stumbles in baseball history.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
-
The former Oakland Raiders linebacker was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shady military pal in Predator (1987) before landing his own macho action vehicle in Action Jackson (1988).—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
-
Visitors will find 2,000 miles of shady hiking trails, 3,000 ponds and lakes with water originating from cool mountain peaks, 30,000 miles of fresh and often chilly rivers and streams and millions of acres of sun-filtering forests.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
Adjective
-
Basically, how others will judge you for moving on, if you’ll be seen as incompetent or immoral for quitting.—
Vicki Salemi,
Boston Herald,
20 July 2025
-
With his opaque history and sources of wealth, his super-powerful friends and his immoral appetites, Epstein became the perfect avatar for our at-home Hollywood heroism.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
19 July 2025
Adjective
-
Attorney General Pam Bondi fired an additional nine DOJ staffers who worked on criminal cases against President Trump last week.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
-
This is the second of a three-part series on reports that Trump CIA Director John Ratcliffe has referred two Obama-era officials — John Brennan and James Comey, then directors of the CIA and FBI, respectively — for criminal investigation.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
14 July 2025
Adjective
-
Such actions are not only disgraceful but reprehensible.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
-
However, if there is something disgraceful about the Galveston Plan, the focus of Cockerell’s book, Schulz does not allude to it.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Shameful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shameful. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share