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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.
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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"
scandalous, shameful, shocking
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"
ignominious, inglorious, shameful, opprobrious, black
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
disgraceful
adjective shameful, shocking, scandalous, mean, low, infamous, degrading, unworthy, ignominious, disreputable, contemptible, dishonourable, detestable, discreditable, blameworthy, opprobrious
Translations
Spanish disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsful] adj → vergonzoso; [behaviour] → escandaloso
French disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsful] disgrace adj → scandaleux/euse, honteux/euse
German disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsful] disgrace adj → skandalös
Italian disgraceful [dɪsˈgreɪsful] adj → scandaloso/a, vergognoso/a
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In my days girls were more modest than to know anything about disgraceful subjects.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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.
Fables by Aesop View in context
They went to the Frau Professor and said that something must be done; it was disgraceful, and the house was ceasing to be respectable.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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