DISGRACEFUL

black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

(adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; “Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands”- Rachel Carson; “an ignominious retreat”; “inglorious defeat”; “an opprobrious monument to human greed”; “a shameful display of cowardice”

disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking

(adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; “scandalous behavior”; “the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt”- Thackeray; “the most shocking book of its time”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

disgraceful (comparative disgracefuller or more disgraceful, superlative disgracefullest or most disgraceful)

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

Synonyms

• See also despicable

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*grace"ful, a.

Definition: Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.

– Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv.

– Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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