From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshamefulshame‧ful /ˈʃeɪmfəl/ adjectiveASHAMEDshameful behaviour or actions are so bad that someone should feel ashamedIt’s shameful the way some people treat their pets.a shameful family secret —shamefully adverb —shamefulness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusshameful• They say at least half the evictions are equal parts sham and shameful.• It was shameful, almost unbelievable, but she still wanted him.• Divorce is no longer so shameful and is popularly seen as a permissiblesolution to maritaldifficulties.• I am both the ruinedharvest and the shameful blood that sickenscattle.• Scarcely able to believe his ears, Ramsay listened to this shamefulcatalogue.• Once a shadowymisfortune families hid as if it were shameful, depression is becoming just another slice of the health-care business.• A shamefulflock formed round the padre.• The man on the sidewalk and I share only a shameful past and perhaps a strain of gonococcus.• This is a shamefulwaste of our natural resources.