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shamesome

shamesome adjective: deserving of shame; shameful.

Adjective

shamesome (comparative more shamesome, superlative most shamesome)

  1. (Ireland, dialectal) Deserving of shame; shameful.
    • "Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […]"1908, The Irish Monthly, volume 36, page 157
    • 'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […]2011, Alan MacDonald, Goat Pie
  2. (nonce-word) An appropriate level of shame.
    • The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”.2016, Vanessa Upton, Review: Ken Cheng, Chinese Comedian

Forms of shamesome

comparativemore shamesome
superlativemost shamesome

Origin of shamesome

From shame + -some.

Questions about shamesome

What does shamesome mean?
Shamesome means deserving of shame; shameful.
What part of speech is shamesome?
Shamesome is an adjective.

Words near shamesome in the dictionary

  1. shameproof
  2. shamer
  3. shamers
  4. shames
  5. shamesim
  6. shamesome
  7. shamest
  8. shameth
  9. shameworthy
  10. Shami
  11. shami kebab

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