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[ dis-greys-fuhl ] / dɪsˈgreɪs fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR disgraceful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable. Origin of disgracefulFirst recorded in 1585–95; disgrace + -ful OTHER WORDS FROM disgracefuldis·grace·ful·ly, adverbdis·grace·ful·ness, nounWords nearby disgracefuldisgavel, disgerminoma, disgorge, disgorger, disgrace, disgraceful, disgregate, disgruntle, disgruntled, disguise, disgust Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for disgracefulThis is disgraceful and reinforces the need for Congress to protect consumers and small businesses from this predatory behavior. Debt Collectors Have Made a Fortune This Year. Now They’re Coming for More.|by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen|October 5, 2020|ProPublica A disgraceful attempt to smear POTUS, 60 days before the Presidential Election! Did Trump call US war dead “losers” and “suckers”? The controversy, explained.|Alex Ward|September 4, 2020|Vox But burning, rioting, and looting are disgraceful—and they make for real-life victims we somehow never hear about. It’s Time to Hold Protesters Accountable|Ron Christie|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST And now, after 60 years, the disgraceful falsity of the charge has finally been confirmed. I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk|Clive Irving|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I think it is disgraceful,” said New York Republican Congressman Peter King. Guardian and WaPo Share Pulitzer: Snowden Hails Victory for “More Accountable Democracy”|David Freedlander|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST I favor his release, I think he's served long enough, but to be used in this fashion, it's disgraceful. Exclusive: U.S. Intel Committee Chiefs Blast Deal for Israeli Spy|Josh Rogin|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST But, writes Michael Tomasky, they're nothing compared to the GOP's disgraceful opposition. The GOP’s Moral Failures|Michael Tomasky|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST "It was most disgraceful and wicked," chimed in a second lady. But, whatever he might have been in either capacity, his disgraceful life soon destroyed all hope of success in them. The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton In a wild and disgraceful debauch, and in a company of which he felt himself well ashamed. Tony Butler|Charles James Lever So instead of leaving these disgraceful little Ducks alone, which would perhaps have been wiser, she began to scold them. The Story of a Red Deer|J. W. Fortescue The devastation, destruction and misery the Huns have left is a disgraceful crime to civilization and is pitiful. Flying for France|James R. McConnell
British Dictionary definitions for disgracefulDerived forms of disgracefuldisgracefully, adverbdisgracefulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to disgracefulshocking, ignominious, degrading, contemptible, scandalous, blameworthy, detestable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, shabby, shady, shoddy, unworthy, discreditable |