disgraceful

disgraceful
adj
1. shameful, dishonorable, degraded, inglorious; infamous, ignominious, odious, contemptible, despicable, opprobrious, detestable, sordid, degenerate, depraved, horrible, heinous, vicious, atrocious, flagitious; corrupt, reprehensible, unprincipled, debased, base, vile, evil, sinful, bad, wrong, low, arrant, nefarious, Obs. scelerous; mean, villainous, ignoble.
2. libelous, slanderous, defamatory; shocking, scandalous, notorious, flagrant, shameless, outrageous; improper, unseemly, unbecoming, Obs. indign, unworthy, undutiful, delinquent, objectionable, uncom-mendable, reprovable, peccable, illaudable; indecent, lewd, obscene, perverse.
3. disreputable, discreditable, disfavorable; censurable, blameworthy, blamable, culpable, chargeable, ac-cusable, impeachable, imputable; humiliating, mortifying; belittling, deflating, derogatory, disparaging, deprecating.

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