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Webster 1913 Edition
Disgraceful
Dis-grace′ful
,Adj.
Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming;
– as, profaneness is
. disgraceful
to a manDis-grace′ful-ly
, adv.
Dis-grace′ful-ness
, Noun.
The Senate have cast you forth
disgracefully
. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disgraceful
DISGRACEFUL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
disgraceful
disgraceful
English
Alternative forms
- disgracefull (archaic)
Adjective
disgraceful (comparative more disgraceful, superlative most disgraceful)
- Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
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- Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:despicable
Translations
bringing or warranting disgrace
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