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dis·grace·ful

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–adjective

bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.

[Origin: 1585–95; disgrace + -ful

]

—Related forms

dis·grace·ful·ly, adverb

dis·grace·ful·ness, noun

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dis·grace·ful Audio Help (dĭs-grās'fəl) Pronunciation Key
adj. Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

dis·grace'ful·ly adv., dis·grace'ful·ness n.

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disgraceful
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" [syn: black]

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disˈgraceful adjective

very bad or shameful
Example: disgraceful behaviour; The service in that hotel was disgraceful.

Arabic:	مُعيب، مُخْزٍ
Chinese (Simplified):	丢脸的
Chinese (Traditional):	丟臉的
Czech:	hanebný
Danish:	rædselsfuld
Dutch:	schandelijk
Estonian:	häbiväärne
Finnish:	häpeällinen
French:	honteux
German:	schändlich
Greek:	αισχρός, επονείδιστος
Hungarian:	szégyenletes
Icelandic:	svívirðilegur
Indonesian:	buruk, memalukan
Italian:	vergognoso

Japanese:	恥ずべき
Korean:	불명예스러운, 부끄러운
Latvian:	kaunpilns; apkaunojošs
Lithuanian:	gėdingas, negarbingas
Norwegian:	skammelig, skandaløs, vanærende
Polish:	haniebny
Portuguese (Brazil):	vergonhoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	vergonhoso
Romanian:	ruşinos
Russian:	позорный
Slovak:	hanebný
Slovenian:	sramoten
Spanish:	vergonzoso, deshonroso
Swedish:	skamlig, skandalös
Turkish:	ayıp, utanç verici

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Disgraceful

Dis*grace"ful\, a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n.

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. --B. Jonson.

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