shameful

[US]/'ʃeɪmfʊl/
[UK]/'ʃemfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. digno de culpa; vergonzoso; vergonzoso.

Phrases & Collocations

shameful act

acto vergonzoso

shameful behavior

comportamiento vergonzoso

shameful mistake

error vergonzoso

Example Sentences

It is very shameful of him to show off.

Es muy vergonzoso de su parte presumir.

We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.

Debemos exponer esta actividad vergonzosa a los periódicos.

their shameful silence demonstrates their ineptitude.

Su silencio vergonzoso demuestra su ineptitud.

a shameful page in British imperial history.

una página vergonzosa en la historia imperial británica.

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

Es mejor una muerte gloriosa que una vida vergonzosa.

Of course,we are aware of their shameful actions.

Por supuesto, somos conscientes de sus acciones vergonzosas.

he hated her with a cankered, shameful abhorrence.

Él la odiaba con un odio caníbal y vergonzoso.

My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark.

Mi presencia en su santuario se consideraba evidentemente una falta de respeto demasiado vergonzosa para comentar.

He feels it very shameful to sponge on his parents after he’s grown up.

Le resulta muy vergonzoso aprovecharse de sus padres después de haber crecido.

When his employers discovered his shameful past, they hounded him out of the company.

Cuando sus empleadores descubrieron su pasado vergonzoso, lo echaron de la empresa.

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