disgracefulnessn.
The quality or condition of being disgraceful; shamefulness, ignominy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > quality of being disgraceful
inhonesty1481
opprobriousnessa1540
shamefulness1564
disgracefulnessa1586
dishonourableness1727
opprobrity1751
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I3 These [men]..by their owne disgracefulnes, disgrace the most gracefull Poesie.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights III. 486 I knew..that there was no disgracefulness in him..the turpitude and disgracefulness were in my sister.
1880 Daily News 9 Jan. 5/2 Barbarous as hanging is, its disgracefulness and horror possibly act as deterrent influences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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