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disgraceful

disg·ra·ce·ful

UK/dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ/ US/dɪzˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ/ fairly common

adjective

1.

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”
2.

(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”

Origin

From disgrace + -ful.

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