"shamesome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more shamesome [comparative], most shamesome [superlative]
Etymology: From shame + -some. Etymology templates: {{af|en|shame|-some}} shame + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} shamesome (comparative more shamesome, superlative most shamesome)
  1. (chiefly Ireland, dialect) Deserving of shame; shameful. Tags: Ireland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-shamesome-en-adj-03LuOCoX Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -some: 83 17
  2. (nonce word) An appropriate level of shame. Tags: nonce-word
    Sense id: en-shamesome-en-adj-6Y1JsH~m

Download JSON data for shamesome meaning in English (1.9kB)

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