Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

    schamlos, unverschämt

    бессты́дныйbesstýdnyj, бессты́жийbesstýžij, беззасте́нчивыйbezzasténčivyj

    безсоро́мнийbezsorómnyj, безсти́днийbezstýdnyj, безсоромі́тнийbezsoromítnyj

  2. (obsolete)Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach.

    Near-synonyms: blameless, unblameable

More definitions
  • feeling no shame

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Tom is shameless, isn't he?

    deTom ist schamlos, nicht wahr?

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  2. Tom is shameless.

    deTom ist schamlos.

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  3. Is she innocent, or just shameless?

    ruОна невинная или просто бесстыжая?

    deIst sie unschuldig oder einfach unverschämt?

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  4. My, aren’t you a shameless one?

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  5. Rima was a shameless gold digger.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English schameles, shameles, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas (“without sh

From Middle English schameles, shameles, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame + -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).

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Forms

more shameless, most shameless
Comparativemore shameless Lesson
Superlativemost shameless Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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