English dictionary
disgraceful
adjectiveParts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
adjective
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
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