disgraceful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'disgraceful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disgraceful

[ a.]

- Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.

1 . disgraceful

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Example in sentence:

a shameful display of cowardice;
an ignominious retreat;
an opprobrious monument to human greed;
inglorious defeat;
Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands

Meaning (2):
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Example in sentence:

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