disgraceful

C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /dɪsˈɡreɪsfəl/ UK /dɪsˈɡreɪsfəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
bringing shame or dishonor; shockingly unacceptable

It was disgraceful that the players abused the referee so openly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · bringing shame or dishonor;... shameful dishonorable scandalous ignominious shocking disreputable contemptible

Opposites

honorable creditable admirable reputable praiseworthy

Word family

Forms disgracefully

Derived forms disgracefullydisgracefulness

Related forms disgrace grace gracious graceful

Etymology

From disgrace + -ful; disgrace from Middle French disgrace, from Italian disgrazia, from dis- ('reversal') + grazia, from Latin gratia ('favor, grace'), from gratus ('pleasing').

disgrazia Italian gratia Latin

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Topics

Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives

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# disgraceful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈɡreɪsfəl/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈɡreɪsfəl/

## Meanings
1. bringing shame or dishonor; shockingly unacceptable

## Examples
- It was disgraceful that the players abused the referee so openly.

## Synonyms
- shameful
- dishonorable
- scandalous
- ignominious
- shocking
- disreputable
- contemptible

## Antonyms
- honorable
- creditable
- admirable
- reputable
- praiseworthy

## Derived Forms
- disgracefully
- disgracefulness

## Related Forms
- disgrace
- grace
- gracious
- graceful

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disgrazia
- Root: gratia

## Etymology
From disgrace + -ful; disgrace from Middle French disgrace, from Italian disgrazia, from dis- ('reversal') + grazia, from Latin gratia ('favor, grace'), from gratus ('pleasing').

## AI Etymology
Disgraceful is from disgrace + -ful; disgrace from Middle French disgrace, from Italian disgrazia, from dis- ('reversal') + grazia, from Latin gratia ('favor, grace'), from gratus ('pleasing'). Important recorded forms include disgrazia (Italian) and gratia (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers bringing shame or dishonor; shockingly unacceptable. The wider family includes derived forms such as disgracefully and disgracefulness and related words such as disgrace, grace, gracious, and graceful.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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