shame: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Suffixes of shame
- shameful«Word Popularity Bar4/5
shameful
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
opprobrious; ignominious; inglorious; black; disgraceful.
- Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- an ignominious retreat
- inglorious defeat
- an opprobrious monument to human greed
- a shameful display of cowardice
- adjective satellite giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
shocking; disgraceful; scandalous.
- scandalous behavior
- the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- the most shocking book of its time
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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shamed
- adjective satellite showing a sense of guilt
hangdog; shamefaced; guilty.
- a guilty look
- the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; attaint; shame.
- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- adjective satellite showing a sense of guilt
- shameless3/5
shameless
- adjective satellite feeling no shame
unblushing.
- a shameless imposter
- an unblushing apologist for fascism
- adjective satellite feeling no shame
- shamelessly3/5
shamelessly
- adverb without shame
unashamedly; barefacedly.
- he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it
- adverb without shame
- shames2/5
shame
- noun a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- noun a state of dishonor
disgrace; ignominy.
- one mistake brought shame to all his family
- suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
- noun a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- shamefully2/5
shamefully
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
ignominiously; ingloriously; disgracefully; discreditably; dishonorably; dishonourably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- shamefaced2/5
shamefaced
- adjective satellite extremely modest or shy
- cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor
- adjective satellite showing a sense of shame
sheepish.
- adjective satellite extremely modest or shy
- shamefacedly2/5
shamefacedly
- adverb in a shamefaced manner
- quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies
- adverb in a shamefaced manner
- shamelessness2/5
shamelessness
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
brazenness.
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
- shamefulness1/5
shamefulness
- noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor
ignominiousness; disgracefulness.
- noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor
- shamefacedness1/5
shamefacedness
- noun feeling embarrassed about yourself
sheepishness.
- noun feeling embarrassed about yourself
- shamer1/5
sham
- noun something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
postiche; fake.
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; pseudo; faker; pseud; role player; fake; pretender.
- noun something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Derived words of shame
- ashamed«Word Popularity Bar5/5
ashamed
- adjective feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
- are you ashamed for having lied?
- felt ashamed of my torn coat
- adjective feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
- unashamedly2/5
unashamedly
- adverb without shame
shamelessly; barefacedly.
- he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it
- adverb without shame
- unashamed2/5
unashamed
- adjective used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame
- adjective used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame
- ashamedly1/5
ashamedly
- adverb with a feeling of shame
- adverb with a feeling of shame
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `shame`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `shame`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `shame`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `shame`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.