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Disgraceful
[dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ]
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
📖 Definitions of "Disgraceful"
adjective
- 1
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
- 2
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
🔄 Synonyms of "Disgraceful"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| blacknoun | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| immoral | Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.) |
| opprobrious | Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful. |
| ignominious | Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful. |
| inglorious | Ignominious; disgraceful. |
| shameful | Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful |
| scandalous | Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| shockingnoun | Inspiring shock; startling. |
| dishonourable | British standard spelling of dishonorable. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Disgraceful"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| shameful | Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful |
| ignominious | Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful. |
| opprobrious | Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful. |
| dishonourable | British standard spelling of dishonorable. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| scandalous | Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful. |
| inglorious | Ignominious; disgraceful. |
| immoral | Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.) |
| shocking | Inspiring shock; startling. |
| blacknoun | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| disgracedverb | Having been disgraced; having a damaged reputation. |
| ashamed | (chiefly of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt. |
| shamingnoun | The activity by which somebody is shamed. |
| infamous | Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful. |
| contemptible | Deserving contempt. |
| objectionable | Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive. |
| abhorrent | Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. |
| demeaning | Degrading; that degrades. |
| abominable | Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. |
| iniquitous | Morally objectionable; sinful, wicked. |
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