Vocab: häbiväärne - shameful

---

shameful; disgraceful; an act, event, or circumstance that causes shame or embarrassment  

---

Building blocks

• häbi- - “shame,” “embarrassment,” “dishonor”

• -kindel - derived from "väärima" (to deserve), it adds the meaning of being deserving or worthy of something

When combined, "häbiväärne" conveys the idea of "deserving shame" or "worthy of disgrace," and is used to describe something shameful.

How to use it:

Here are a few ways the word “häbiväärne” can be used ⬇

Examples

Uskumatu, et selline häbiväärne juhtum aset leidis

Literally: “Unbelievable that such disgraceful incident place took”

Idiomatically: “It’s unbelievable that such a disgraceful incident occurred”

Uskumatu - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "Unbelievable"
et - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "that"
selline - Pronoun - Nominative Singular: "such"
häbiväärne - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "disgraceful"
juhtum - Noun - Nominative Singular: "incident"
aset leidis - Compound Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "took place"