shamefulness
noun[U]
uk/ˈʃeɪm.fəl.nəs/us/ˈʃeɪm.fəl.nəs/thequalityorfactofdeservingblame, or of being areasontofeelashamed:
可耻,丢脸He stillrecognizesthe shamefulness of hisactions.他仍然承认自己行为的可耻性。
Thiscircumstancedoesn'treducethe shamefulness of herbehaviour.这种情况无助于减轻她行为的可耻性。
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shameful
- Thedamageto theprofessiongrowsdaybyday, and the shamefulness of itreflectson all of us.
- We will never beabletoerasethe shamefulness which webroughtupon ourselves with thesecrimes.
- Mostpeopletrytodealwith theseeventsinsecret, which onlyreinforcestheimpressionof shamefulness.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominious
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified