disgraceful
UK[dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ]
disgraceful adjective: bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
Adjective
disgraceful (comparative more disgraceful or (rare, nonstandard) disgracefuller, superlative most disgraceful or (rare, nonstandard) disgracefullest)
- Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
- Fourthly, in the disgracefullest defeat at Hiftaniola that ever this Kingdom suffered in any age or time.1668, Slingsby Bethel, The world's mistake in Oliver Cromwell, page 9
- Meanwhile I have plenty to employ me, in siding drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion ;1883, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude, Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle - Volume 1, page 292
- Synonyms:
- disgusting
- Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
- I dono' where she 's raised, but she do go on de most disgracefullest since she been here.1854, Mary Hayden Green Pike, Ida May: A Story of Things Actual and Possible, page 76
- To a good golfer a shank is disgracefuller than being dead drunk or in jail.1953, Arnold Gingrich, The Esquire Treasury
disgraceful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disgraceful in Hindi
- bringing or warranting disgrace — see also infamous, scandalous
- अपमानजनक apmānajnak
disgraceful in Tamil
- அவமானகரமானது
disgraceful in Marathi
- अपमानास्पद
disgraceful in Urdu
- اوچھا, قبیح, شرم ناک
More languagesFewer languages
- disgraceful in Telugu
- రోత rōta
- disgraceful in Malayalam
- അവമാനകരമായ, അയസ്കരമായ, അപകീർത്തികരമായ, മാനക്കേടായ
- disgraceful in Kannada
- ನಾಚಿಕೆಗೇಡಿನ
- disgraceful in Punjabi
- ਬੇਇੱਜ਼ਤੀ ਵਾਲੀ
- disgraceful in Odia
- ଅସମ୍ମାନଜନକ
- disgraceful in Sanskrit
- विदूषक vidūṣaka
- disgraceful in Indonesian
- memalukan
- disgraceful in Vietnamese
- ô nhục, nhục nhã, hổ thẹn, xấu hổ
Examples of disgraceful in a sentence
- From Zoilus to Dennis, no disgracefuller outrage on taste had been committed.1883, Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott, editor, The poetical works of Thomas Gray, Thomas Parnell, William Collins, Matthew Green, & Thomas...
- Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
Synonyms of disgraceful
Forms of disgraceful
| comparative | more disgraceful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disgraceful |
| comparative (nonstandard, rare) | disgracefuller |
| superlative (nonstandard, rare) | disgracefullest |
| alternative form (archaic) | disgracefull |
Origin of disgraceful
From disgrace + -ful.
Words formed from disgraceful
Questions about disgraceful
- What does disgraceful mean?
- Disgraceful means bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
- What is disgraceful in Hindi?
- Disgraceful in Hindi is अपमानजनक (apmānajnak). See Disgraceful meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use disgraceful in a sentence?
- From Zoilus to Dennis, no disgracefuller outrage on taste had been committed.
- What part of speech is disgraceful?
- Disgraceful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disgraceful?
- Disgraceful is pronounced [dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ] (UK).
Words near disgraceful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disgraceful (page history and authors); disgraceful (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgraceful (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgraceful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రోత (Telugu) (page history and authors); disgraceful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disgraceful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disgraceful (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgraceful (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); विदूषक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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