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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 man
.
Dis-grace′ful-ly
,
adv.
Dis-grace′ful-ness
,
Noun.
The Senate have cast you forth
disgracefully
.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disgraceful

DISGRACEFUL

,
Adj.
Shameful; reproachful; dishonorable; procuring shame; sinking reputation. Cowardice is disgraceful to a soldier. Intemperance and profaneness are disgraceful to a man, but more disgraceful to a woman.

Definition 2024


disgraceful

disgraceful

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

disgraceful (comparative more disgraceful, superlative most disgraceful)

  1. 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.
  2. Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:despicable

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