About The Word Disgraceful

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Disgraceful

Disgraceful Meaning & Definition
Disgraceful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disgraceful?

[adj] (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"
[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disgraceful: black | dishonorable | dishonourable | ignominious | immoral | inglorious | opprobrious | scandalous | shameful | shocking

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disgraceful: aberrant | abnormal | abominable | arrant | atrocious | bad | base | beneath one | black | blamable | blameworthy | cheap | contemptible | corrupt | criminal | damnable | dark | debased | debasing | degraded | degrading | delinquent | demeaning | deplorable | despicable | deviant | discreditable | dishonorable | disreputable | embarrassing | evil | execrable | flagitious | flagrant | foul | gutter | hardly the thing | heinous | humiliating | humiliative | ignominious | illegal | improper | inappropriate | incorrect | indecent | indecorous | infamous | infra dig | infra indignitatem | inglorious | iniquitous | knavish | lascivious | lewd | low | mean | monstrous | naughty | nefarious | not done | not the thing | notorious | objectionable | off-base | off-color | opprobrious | out-of-line | outrageous | peccant | pitiful | rank | reprehensible | reprobate | rude | sacrilegious | sad | scandalous | shabby | shady | shameful | shameless | shocking | shoddy | sinful | sorry | terrible | too bad | unbecoming | undue | unfit | unfitting | unforgivable | unlawful | unpardonable | unrespectable | unrighteous | unseemly | unspeakable | unsuitable | unworthy | unworthy of one | vicious | vile | villainous | wicked | wrong | wrongful

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Disgraceful In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*grace"ful\, a. 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.

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