disgraceful

Adjective
Synonyms: scandalousshamefulshockingblackignominiousingloriousopprobrious

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. 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”Synonyms: scandalousshamefulshocking
  2. (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”Synonyms: blackignominiousingloriousopprobriousshameful
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disgraceful \Dis*grace"ful\, a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

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