单词 | disgraceful |
释义 | disgracefuladj.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful graceless?1507 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 awkwarda1616 disgraceful1615 unwieldya1635 dishonest1653 ungraceful1667 ungracious1695 ungain1710 unswan-like1837 unheppen1855 disgracious1870 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 67 A certaine blacke powder..which by the not disgracefull staining of the lids, doth better set forth the whitenesse of the eye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 86 Away with these disgracefull wayling Robes! View more context for this quotation 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 180 Whatever is counterfeit grows nauseous and disgraceful, even with those things, which when natural are most graceful and charming. 2. Full of, or fraught with, disgrace; that brings disgrace upon the agent; shameful, dishonourable, disreputable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] shondly888 frakeda900 shondfula900 foulOE shendful?c1225 shamelyc1275 shendlyc1275 shamefulc1330 villain1338 inhonest1340 shameworthy1382 shendshipful1382 dishonestc1386 slanderous1402 defamable?a1439 defamousc1450 misshamefulc1450 vituperablec1450 ignominious?a1475 shamevousc1475 inhominious1490 opprobrious?1510 opprobrousc1530 rebukeful1530 dishonourable1533 reproachful1534 disworshipful1539 dedecoratec1540 contumelious1546 spiteful1550 ignomious1571 inglorious1573 disgraceful1595 disgracive1602 vituperous1610 vituperious1612 disgracious1615 disparageable1617 propudious1629 deflowering1642 scandalized1664 dedecorous1755 disgracing1807 vituperate1832 vituperated1842 mighty1889 soddish1922 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxvi. sig. X3 Staind with blacke disgracefull crimes. a1744 A. Pope in Poems (1967) VII. 258 To retire behind their chariots was as little disgraceful then, as it is now to alight from one's horse in a battle. 1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 95 The poor soldier..goes In disgraceful retreat thro' a country of foes! 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 185 The disgraceful submission of their leaders. 1892 Sir A. Kekewich in Law Times' Rep. 140/1 I do think it is disgraceful for directors to..issue such a prospectus. 3. Inflicting disgrace, disgracing, degrading, opprobrious, contumelious. a. Of actions. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] > specifically of actions disgraceful1651 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xv. §18. 257 If it command somewhat to be.. done, which is not a disgrace to God directly, but from whence by reasoning disgracefull consequences may be derived. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 39 Our speculative skill is wont to be upbraided to us, in a disgracefull comparison of our unanswerable practise. 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 70 Such disgraceful, such contemptible treatment! 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 33 It does not appear that Sir Samuel ever submitted to this disgraceful punishment. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [adjective] despitousa1340 despiteous14.. despitefula1450 contumelious1483 affrontous1598 opprobrious1599 disgraceful1605 abusive1608 reproofful1609 affrontive1659 affronting1725 affrontful?1740 insulting1855 insultant1866 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] > specifically of words or writings slanderous1429 slanderful1453 injurious1484 famous1543 disgraceful1605 scandalousa1616 libellous1619 defamable1918 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §52 In the reuenge of a disgracefull word against themselues. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Vilenie Laide Vilenie, slaunderous, reproachfull, disgracefull, defamatorie tearmes. 1613 Sir F. Cottington in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 109 If any of base qualyty shall use disgracefull wordes unto a Jintleman, he is..sent to the gallies. 1774 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. vi. (1876) 383 These terrific and disgraceful epithets with which the poor imitators are so often loaded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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