shameless
Syllables: shame·less/ˈʃeɪ̯mlɪs/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Australia/ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯mləs/
shameless adjective: having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
Adjective
shameless (comparative more shameless, superlative most shameless)
- Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
- Synonyms:
- unshameable
- Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach.
- Near-synonyms: blameless, unblameable
- He shall be as now nameles,
But he shall not be blameles,
Nor he shall not be shameles;
For sure he wrought amys, […]c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 38–41
- Synonyms:
- blameless, unblameable
shameless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
shameless in Hindi
- having no shame
- निर्लज्ज nirlajj, बेशर्म beśarm
shameless in Tamil
- அடக்கமற்ற, நாணமற்ற, வெட்கமற்ற
shameless in Urdu
- having no shame
- بے شرم be-śarm
shameless in Bengali
- shameless
- ছ্যাঁচড়া chễcoṛa, বেশরম beśorom, বেহায়া behaẏa, কাণ্টা kanṭa
More languagesFewer languages
- shameless in Telugu
- బండ baṇḍa
- shameless in Malayalam
- നാണമില്ലാത്ത
- shameless in Kannada
- ನಿಗ್ಗೆಡಿ, ಬೂತು, ಕೊಟ್ಟು, ನಾಣಿಲಿ
- shameless in Punjabi
- ਗਾਂਡੂ gāṇḍū, ਬੇਸ਼ਰਮ beśarm, ਢੀਠਾ ḍhīṭhā
- shameless in Gujarati
- તરકડો tarakḍo, નકટું nakṭũ, નાગું nāgũ
- shameless in Odia
- ଧିଟ dhiṭa
- shameless in Sanskrit
- निर्लज्ज nirlajja
- shameless in Pashto
- بې شرمه be šarma, بدسترګی badstërgay
- shameless in Tagalog
- walang hiya
- shameless in Arabic
- وَقِح waqiḥ, صَفِيق ṣafīq, صَارِخ ṣāriḵ, وَقَاح waqāḥ
- shameless in Indonesian
- tak tahu malu
- shameless in Persian
- بیشرم bi-šarm
- shameless in Thai
- ไร้ยางอาย rái-yaang-aai, หน้าไม่อาย nâa-mâi-aai, หน้าด้าน nâa-dâan, หน้าหนา nâa-nǎa
- shameless in Vietnamese
- trơ trẽn
Examples of shameless in a sentence
- Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”.
- Shameless in-game purchases aimed at kids have been in the news recently.
- The creative donuts are worth the long line and the shameless compulsory foodstagram.
Synonyms of shameless
Forms of shameless
| comparative | more shameless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most shameless |
Origin of shameless
From Middle English schameles, shameles, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame + -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).
Words formed from shameless
Questions about shameless
- What does shameless mean?
- Shameless means having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
- What is shameless in Hindi?
- Shameless in Hindi is निर्लज्ज (nirlajj), बेशर्म (beśarm). See Shameless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shameless?
- Shameless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce shameless?
- Shameless is pronounced /ˈʃeɪ̯mlɪs/.
Words near shameless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shameless (page history and authors); shameless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কাণ্টা (Bengali) (page history and authors); బండ (Telugu) (page history and authors); shameless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shameless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗਾਂਡੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); તરકડો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଧିଟ (Odia) (page history and authors); निर्लज्ज (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shameless.wav.
Cite this entry: “shameless.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shameless. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.