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disgraceful

adjective B2
  1. Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
  2. Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
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Even the tiger runs and hides when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature.
The Jungle Book, p. 1 · B2
Phillips said my spelling was disgraceful and he held up my slate so that everybody could see it, all marked over.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 109 · C1
My dearest Lizzy, do but consider in what a disgraceful light it places Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 96 · B2
In what a disgraceful light might it not strike so vain a man!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 282 · B2

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