shameful

adj 1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing

disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his

blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic

islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat";

"inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human

greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: {black},

{disgraceful}, {ignominious}, {inglorious}, {opprobrious}]

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" [syn: {disgraceful}, {scandalous},

{shocking}]