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Causing embarrassment or humiliation

So reprehensible as to cause shame or disgrace

So bad in quality or standard as to cause shame

Lewd or immodest in nature

Causing offense or disgust

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

Causing great humiliation or mortification

Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive

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Adjective

Causing embarrassment or humiliation

“Further investigation will reveal this shameful fact that she has been keeping secret.”

Adjective

So reprehensible as to cause shame or disgrace

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

beneath contempt

unfavourable^UK

good-for-nothing

beneath one's dignity

without justification

good-for-naught

deserving blame

of bad reputation

unconscientious

unsportsmanlike

lacking dignity

against the rules

gone to the dogs

evil-intentioned

under-the-table

Mephistophelian

double-crossing

against the law

insurrectionary

without law and order

dissatisfactory

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

without scruples

without standards

ill-humoured^UK

near the knuckle

close to the bone

ill-disciplined

confrontational

socially impaired

undisciplinable

unauthorized^US

off straight and narrow

unauthorised^UK

under-the-counter

under the table

contrary to law

under the counter

in violation of law

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“This fellow, many years ago, committed a shameful act of felony.”

Adjective

So bad in quality or standard as to cause shame

dissatisfactory

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

less-than-stellar

a load of pants

foolish-looking

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

bargain-basement

good-for-nothing

leaving much to be desired

cheap and nasty

unable to do something for toffee

not up to standard

strictly for the birds

no great shakes

twopenny-halfpenny

end-of-the-pier

unable to do something to save one's life

lowest of the low

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“It was a shameful effort, unparalleled in the history of American administrative law.”

Adjective

Lewd or immodest in nature

near the knuckle

low-down-and-dirty

close to the bone

dishonourable^UK

lowdown and dirty

dishonorable^US

sexually explicit

unsophisticated

beyond the pale

low-down and dirty

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“They occur with essentially the same meaning and connotations as erwä in the few relevant passages, that is, the shameful nudity of a harlot and the embarrassing sight of a drunken man's nakedness.”

Adjective

Causing offense or disgust

beyond the pale

highly improper

unfit for human consumption

unpleasant-tasting

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

very unpleasant

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Adjective

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

indescribably evil

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Adjective

Causing great humiliation or mortification

discountenancing

dishonouring^UK

causing discomfort

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Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive

stick out like sore thumb

straightforward

outrageously bad

standing out a mile

as plain as a pikestaff

sticking out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

staring someone in the face

standing out like a sore thumb

as plain as day

glaringly obvious

through and through

in every respect

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