Meaning

adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; - Rachel Carson

adjective giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Old English sċeomfull Middle English schameful English shameful From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame +…

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