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Definitions for disgraceful
dɪsˈgreɪs fəldis·grace·ful

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shockingadjective

    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. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shamefuladjective

    (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"

Wiktionary

  1. disgracefuladjective

    bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

  2. disgracefuladjective

    giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Disgracefuladjective

    Shameful; ignominious; reproachful.

    Etymology: disgrace and full.

    Masters must correct their servants with gentleness, prudence, and mercy; not with upbraiding and disgraceful language, but with such only as may express and reprove the fault, and amend the person. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.

    To retire behind their chariots was as little disgraceful then, as it is now to alight from one’s horse in a battle. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Disgraceful

    Disgraceful is a 1995 album by British band Dubstar. It is also their debut and was released in October 1995 on the Food Records label, a division of EMI that was also home to Blur. The album features two covers; "Not So Manic Now" which was originally recorded by Brick Supply on their 1994 EP Somebody's Intermezzo, and "St. Swithin's Day" which was originally recorded by Billy Bragg on his 1984 album Brewing Up with Billy Bragg.

ChatGPT

  1. disgraceful

    Disgraceful refers to something or someone that is shameful, dishonorable, or causes loss of respect and dignity. It can often involve behavior or actions considered unacceptable, inappropriate or shocking according to societal or ethical standards.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disgracefuladjective

    bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man

Wikidata

  1. Disgraceful

    Disgraceful was Dubstar's debut album. It was released in October 1995 on the Food Records label, a division of EMI that was also home to Blur.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disgraceful in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disgraceful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of disgraceful in a Sentence

  1. Dick Durbin:

    President Trumps recorded conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger is more than a pathetic, rambling, delusional rant, his disgraceful effort to intimidate an elected official into deliberately changing and misrepresenting the legally confirmed vote totals in his state strikes at the heart of our democracy and merits nothing less than a criminal investigation.

  2. Scott Israel:

    Absolutely no one is above the law, his actions are disgraceful, and in no way are a reflection of the good, hardworking men and women of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    Look, Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton, but what Bill Clinton did was totally, totally, totally disgraceful and unacceptable. But I am running against Hillary Clinton, not Bill Clinton.

  4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

    It is just disgraceful that we are sitting with a president who takes a victory lap for the worst economic growth in post-World War II history, imagine how many people I could fire from the IRS if you could do your taxes in 15 minutes.

  5. President Trump:

    It was disgraceful, where he talked about billions of dollars he's not giving to a certain country unless a certain prosecutor's taken off the case.

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