shameful
sha·me·ful
adjective
1.
2.
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
- “scandalous behavior”
- “the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt” Thackeray
- “the most shocking book of its time”
Origin
From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *sċeamfull, sċeomfull, equivalent to shame + -ful.
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