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shameworthy

shameworthy adjective: worthy of shame; shameful.

Adjective

shameworthy (comparative more shameworthy, superlative most shameworthy)

  1. Worthy of shame; shameful.
    • It is still filled with the notion that users are blameworthy, shameworthy, to be invalidated and avoided.2000, Liz Sayce, From psychiatric patient to citizen
    • […] use of homophobic pejoratives will most certainly continue to compromise the psychological health of young homosexual and bisexual people by insidiously constructing their sexuality as something wrong, dangerous or shameworthy.2009, Barbara Perry, Hate Crimes

Forms of shameworthy

comparativemore shameworthy
superlativemost shameworthy

Origin of shameworthy

From shame + -worthy. Compare German schämenswert (“shameworthy”).

Questions about shameworthy

What does shameworthy mean?
Shameworthy means worthy of shame; shameful.
What part of speech is shameworthy?
Shameworthy is an adjective.

Words near shameworthy in the dictionary

  1. shames
  2. shamesim
  3. shamesome
  4. shamest
  5. shameth
  6. shameworthy
  7. Shami
  8. shami kebab
  9. shami kebabs
  10. Shamian
  11. shamiana

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