ˈshāmfəl adjective
Etymology: Middle English, bringing shame, modest, from Old English scamful modest, from scamu, sceamu shame + -ful
1.
a. : bringing shame : injurious to reputation : disgraceful
the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt — W.M.Thackeray
b. : arousing the feeling of shame : indecent
that indecent exposure of teeth that became even more shameful when one realized the teeth were his own — Douglas Woolf
2. archaic : full of the feeling of shame : ashamed
one of the most penitent and shameful offenders — John Keble
• shame·ful·ly -fəlē, -li adverb
• shame·ful·ness -fəlnə̇s noun -es