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disgracefull

disgracefull is the archaic form of disgraceful.

Meaning of disgraceful

Adjective

disgraceful (comparative more disgraceful or (rare, nonstandard) disgracefuller, superlative most disgraceful or (rare, nonstandard) disgracefullest)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    disgusting
  2. 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

Forms of disgracefull

comparativemore disgracefull
superlativemost disgracefull

Questions about disgracefull

What is disgracefull the archaic form of?
Disgracefull is the archaic form of disgraceful.

Words near disgracefull in the dictionary

  1. disgowns
  2. disgrace
  3. disgraced
  4. disgracedness
  5. disgraceful
  6. disgracefull
  7. disgracefuller
  8. disgracefullest
  9. disgracefully
  10. disgracefulness
  11. disgraceless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disgracefull (page history and authors); disgraceful (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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