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shameable

shameable adjective: possible to shame.

Adjective

shameable (comparative more shameable, superlative most shameable)

  1. Possible to shame.
    • Girls from my village are best [as maids] because they are shameable – I can report them to their parents.2010, Francis B Nyamnjoh, Intimate Strangers, page 303
    Synonyms:
    shamable

Synonyms of shameable

Forms of shameable

comparativemore shameable
superlativemost shameable

Origin of shameable

From shame + -able.

Words formed from shameable

Questions about shameable

What does shameable mean?
Shameable means possible to shame.
What part of speech is shameable?
Shameable is an adjective.

Words near shameable in the dictionary

  1. shame-casting
  2. shame-job
  3. shame-jobs
  4. shame-stroke
  5. shame-strokes
  6. shameable
  7. shameanah
  8. shameanahs
  9. shamed
  10. shamedly
  11. shamee

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