Meaning of shamesome | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Deserving of shame; shameful.
   Ireland, dialectal
2. An appropriate level of shame.
   nonce-word

Examples

“"Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […]"”

“'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […]”

“The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”.”

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