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Disgraceful — Disgraceful … Википедия
Disgraceful — Studio album by Dubstar Released October 1995 Genre … Wikipedia
Disgraceful — Dis*grace ful, a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. {Dis*grace ful*ly}, adv. {Dis*grace ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disgraceful — I adjective abominable atrocious, base, beneath ones dignity, blameworthy, censurable, compromising, contemptible, damaging, deflated, degrading, demeaning, demoralizing, deplorable, derogatory, deserving reproach, despicable, detestable,… … Law dictionary
disgraceful — 1590s, graceless, opposite of graceful; see DIS (Cf. dis ) + GRACEFUL (Cf. graceful). Meaning full of disgrace (1590s) is from DISGRACE (Cf. disgrace) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Disgracefully … Etymology dictionary
disgraceful — [adj] shameful, low blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, discreditable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unrespectable … New thesaurus
disgraceful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ shockingly unacceptable. DERIVATIVES disgracefully adverb … English terms dictionary
disgraceful — [dis grās′fəl] adj. causing or characterized by disgrace; shameful disgracefully adv. disgracefulness n … English World dictionary
disgraceful — adj. disgraceful to + inf. (it was disgraceful to behave like that = it was disgraceful behaving like that) * * * [dɪs greɪsf(ə)l] disgraceful to + inf. (it was disgraceful to behave like that = it was disgraceful behaving like that) … Combinatory dictionary
disgraceful — dis|grace|ful [dısˈgreısfəl] adj bad, embarrassing, or unacceptable ▪ It s a disgraceful waste of taxpayers money. absolutely/utterly etc disgraceful ▪ Their behaviour was absolutely disgraceful. ▪ It is disgraceful that anyone should have to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
disgraceful — [[t]dɪsgre͟ɪsfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ that (disapproval) If you say that something such as behaviour or a situation is disgraceful, you disapprove of it strongly, and feel that the person or people responsible should be ashamed of… … English dictionary
