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disgraceful

adjective

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

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Word length
11
Starts with
D
Ends with
L
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
18
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

    “{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}”

adjective

  1. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

    “scandalous behavior”

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Example Sentences

{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}
an ignominious retreat
inglorious defeat
an opprobrious monument to human greed
a shameful display of cowardice
scandalous behavior
{'source': 'Thackeray', 'text': 'the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt'}
the most shocking book of its time

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