disgraceful
46
3.0
- adjective
- /dɪsˈɡreɪsfl/
:
vergonzoso
- The senator faced backlash for his disgraceful remarks during the debate.
- disgraceful behavior
Biden's relationship with the truth is disgraceful and saying, but what about Trump doesn't change that.
- Biden's relationship with the truth is disgraceful and saying, but what about Trump doesn't change that.
- Is that it is this completely disgraceful, dishonorable way to be put to the death.
- My father wasn't allowed out for the funeral, which I've, I thought was disgraceful, you know, original modelling him.
- Just as virtue is kindly disposed to honorable good behavior, noble behavior, so should it greet disgraceful behavior with anger.
- This is disgraceful, especially when Iran is flagrantly violating the treaties that we have with them.
- He says that all benefits and aid to the poor should be stopped, and furthermore that to be poor and dependent on other people is morally disgraceful.
- It's one community saying it's disgraceful how shallow they are that I have to be a certain height for them to even pay attention to me.
- But it's disgraceful, the hundreds of thousands and the millions they just up the wall because they don't have a clue.
- He says what is most disgraceful isotone in Greek of all, is that we, when we're angry, so we're already angry.
Examples
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Speaker, we've seen the disgraceful way the EU have responded to UK fish exports.
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I have never in all my years seen anything this disgraceful on the world stage.
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I have never seen as disgraceful incident as that in all my years in football!
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It's a disgraceful mess, if you want to know the answer!
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Of course, they all do it, but when someone gets caught, it's still disgraceful.
Academic text (1990) -
Did she thank heaven that no son of hers would ever be found in such disgraceful circumstances?
Fiction book (2000) -
I am the victim of a disgraceful plot to ruin my reputation.
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I think his behavior utterly disgraceful.
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What can account for these young women's determination in the face of such disgraceful behavior?
Academic text (1993) -
The very idea of using feminine wiles to achieve a goal was disgraceful.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
278
3.4
Very surprising and upsetting in a way that makes people angry or sad
192
4.2
Shocking and very wrong in a way that upsets people
95
5.7
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
89
4.7
Causing shame because it is morally wrong
87
5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
43
5.0
Causing shock or strong disapproval by offending people's ideas of right and wrong
42
7.8
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
30
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
23
6.0
Not honest or fair and causing shame
23
7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
21
5.5
Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected
20
5.4
Deserves strong blame or dislike
15
6.7
Not suitable for a situation or for what people expect
11
4.7
Appearing or behaving in a way that makes people lose respect
7
9.0
Causing public shame and a loss of respect
3
7.5
Causing shame and loss of respect
1
9.9
Making people feel ashamed in public with strong criticism
To make a person feel ashamed and lose respect
Antonyms
How Shameful
- Literature
43
5.0
- Formal
50
7.9
46
3.0
89
4.7
30
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disgraceful comes from dis- meaning 'not' and grace meaning 'favor' or 'good opinion'. So to be 'disgraced' is to lose favor or respect, which is why disgraceful describes actions that are shameful or deserve loss of respect.