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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
shameful
shame·ful BrE [ˈʃeɪmfl] NAmE [ˈʃeɪmfl] adjective
that should make you feel ashamed
Syn: ↑disgraceful
•shameful behaviour
•It was shameful the way she was treated.
•There is nothing shameful about being poor.
Derived Word: ↑shamefully
Word Origin:
[shameful shamefully] Old English sc(e)amful ‘modest, shamefaced’ (see ↑shame, ↑-ful).
Example Bank:
•Most people would consider this episode in our history shameful.
•a rather shameful practice
•our truly shameful record on this issue
•She hid her shameful thoughts from others.
•We reveal one of the most shameful secrets of modern US history.
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