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disgraceful

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dis·grace·ful  (ds-grsfl)
adj.
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

dis·graceful·ly adv.
dis·graceful·ness n.

disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsfʊl]
adj
shameful; scandalous
disgracefully  adv
disgracefulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.disgraceful - 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"
immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
2.disgraceful - (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"
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"

disgraceful
Translations
disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsfʊl] ADJvergonzoso; [behaviour] → escandaloso
disgraceful!¡qué vergüenza!

disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsfʊl] adj [behaviour, state] → scandaleux/euse, honteux/euse; [scenes] → scandaleux/euse

disgraceful
adjerbärmlich (schlecht); behaviour, scenes, negligenceskandalös; it’s quite disgraceful how/that …es ist wirklich eine Schande, wie/dass …

disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsfʊl] adjvergognoso/a, scandaloso/a

disgraceful شَائِن ostudný uværdig schändlich ατιμωτικός vergonzoso häpeällinen honteux sramotan vergognoso 不名誉な 수치스러운 schandelijk vanærende haniebny vergonhoso позорный skandalös น่าอับอาย utanç verici ô nhục 丢人的


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In my days girls were more modest than to know anything about disgraceful subjects.
if you had beaten me when I first stole and brought to you that lesson-book, I should not have come to this, nor have been thus led to a disgraceful death.
They went to the Frau Professor and said that something must be done; it was disgraceful, and the house was ceasing to be respectable.
 
 
 
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