noun
Meaning 1
The property of being shameful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shamefulness
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/ˈʃeɪmfəlnəs/
noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being shameful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disgracefulness, ignominiousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unworthiness
Narrower terms: scandalousness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Old English sċeomfull Middle English schameful Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse Middle English schamefulnesse English shamefulness Inherited from Middle English schamefulnesse. By surface analysis, shameful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ancient Greek: αἰσχρότης (aiskhrótēs) — property of being shameful
- Middle English: schamefulnesse — property of being shameful