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Definition of Shamefulness
1. Noun. Unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor.
Generic synonyms: Unworthiness
Specialized synonyms: Scandalousness
Derivative terms: Disgraceful, Ignominious, Shameful, Shameful
Definition of Shamefulness
1. Noun. The property of being shameful. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being shameful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shamefulness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamefulness
Literary usage of Shamefulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts by County Kildare Archaeological Society (1899)
"... of the loss as the shamefulness of the foyle, put their heads together and
built the wall. ... shamefulness ..."
2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1903)
"They must not be read in the light of modern American conceptions as to the duty
of all men to work for a living, and as to the shamefulness of ..."
3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... unravelled by me, without aid from human instruction; seeing I erred so foully,
and with such sacrilegious shamefulness, in the doctrine of piety? ..."
4. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... unravelled by me, without aid from human instruction; seeing I erred so foully,
and with such sacrilegious shamefulness, in the doctrine of piety ? ..."
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