shameless

[ sheym-lis ]
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adjective
  1. lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.

  2. insensible to disgrace.

  1. showing no shame.

Origin of shameless

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English sceamlēas.See shame, -less

Other words for shameless

Opposites for shameless

Other words from shameless

  • shame·less·ly, adverb
  • shame·less·ness, noun

Words that may be confused with shameless

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British Dictionary definitions for shameless

shameless

/ (ˈʃeɪmlɪs) /


adjective
  1. having no sense of shame; brazen

  2. done without shame; without decency or modesty

Derived forms of shameless

  • shamelessly, adverb
  • shamelessness, noun

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