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shameless

[sheym-lis]

adjective

lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.

insensible to disgrace.

showing no shame.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English sceamlēas. See shame, -less

Related forms

shame·less·ly, adverb

shame·less·ness, noun

Can be confused: shameless, shameful.

Synonyms
1. brazen, indecent, impudent, bold, unabashed, unashamed. 2. hardened, unprincipled, corrupt.

Antonyms
1. modest.

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shameless (ˈʃeɪmlɪs)

—*adj*
1.	having no sense of shame; brazen
2.	done without shame; without decency or modesty

'shamelessly

—*adv*

'shamelessness

—n

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