Dictionary entry

Shameless

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shame″less, a. [AS. scamleás.] 1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace. “Such shameless bards we have.” Pope.

Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless. Shak.

2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.

Syn. — Impudent; unblushing; audacious; immodest; indecent; indelicate.

— Shame″less‐ly, adv. — Shame″less‐ness, n.