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shamelike

shamelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of shame.

Adjective

shamelike (comparative more shamelike, superlative most shamelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of shame.
    • Losses of any kind seem to evoke shamelike responses in the infant. This is particularly true of loss of the familiar.1991, Carl Goldberg, Understanding shame

Forms of shamelike

comparativemore shamelike
superlativemost shamelike

Origin of shamelike

From shame + -like.

Questions about shamelike

What does shamelike mean?
Shamelike means resembling or characteristic of shame.
What part of speech is shamelike?
Shamelike is an adjective.

Words near shamelike in the dictionary

  1. shameless
  2. shamelesse
  3. shamelessly
  4. shamelessness
  5. shamelessnesses
  6. shamelike
  7. shamen
  8. shameplant
  9. shameplants
  10. shameproof
  11. shamer

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