Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shamelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shame-like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of shame.

Example Sentences

"Losses of any kind seem to evoke shamelike responses in the infant. This is particularly true of loss of the familiar."

Etymology

From shame + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shame

Inflected Forms

more shamelike (comparative) most shamelike (superlative)

Questions

What does shamelike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of shame.
Where does shamelike come from?: From shame + -like.

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