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shameful

English

Etymology

From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *s?eamfull, s?eomfull, equivalent to shame +? -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?mf?l/

Adjective

shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)

  1. Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
    • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:
      "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
  2. Giving offense.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:despicable

Derived terms

  • shamefully
  • shamefulness

Translations

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odious

English

Etymology

From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odi?sus, from odium (“hate”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???.di.?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?o?.di.?s/
  • Rhymes: -??di?s

Adjective

odious (comparative more odious, superlative most odious)

  1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
    Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.

Synonyms

  • detestable, hated, reviled, unsavory, contemptible, despicable

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • iodous

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