0 the quality or fact of deserving blame, or of being a reason to feel ashamed : --
This circumstance doesn't reduce the shamefulness of her behaviour.
He still recognizes the shamefulness of his actions.
But she was so riven by the shamefulness of his imputation that she could not have found words to reply to him if she had wanted to.
The chaster she is, all the more will she revolt at the shamefulness of the verification!
Very often a few false appearances suffice to conceal to the eyes of easy consciences the hatefulness and shamefulness of fraudulent spoliations.
The heart rises with indignation and disgust at the thought of the shamefulness of these miserable senators.
The shamefulness of your asking me to do that!
On the contrary, words cannot convey the whole horror and shamefulness of it.
I argued with him, and tried to convince him of the shamefulness of such a course of action.
Now that all had been arranged, a new embarrassment arose between us--a sweet shamefulness.
