shamelessness

2 definitions found

shamelessness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shameless \Shame"less\, a. [AS. scamle['a]s.]
     1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced;
        insensible to disgrace. "Such shameless bards we have."
        --Pope.
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              Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace;
        indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.
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     Syn: Impudent; unblushing; audacious; immodest; indecent;
          indelicate.
          [1913 Webster] -- Shame"less*ly, adv. --
          Shame"less*ness, n.
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shamelessness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shamelessness
      n 1: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and
           lack of shame [syn: shamelessness, brazenness]