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单词 disgraceful
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disgracefuladj.

/dɪsˈɡreɪsfʊl/
Etymology: < disgrace n. + -ful suffix: compare graceful.
1. Void of grace, unbecoming, unpleasing: the opposite of graceful. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
b. Of words. Obsolete.
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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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