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English Dictionary: shameless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shameless
adj
  1. feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"
    Synonym(s): shameless, unblushing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shameless \Shame"less\, a. [AS. scamle[a0]s.]
      1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced;
            insensible to disgrace. [bd]Such shameless bards we
            have.[b8] --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.
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