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# disgraceful

adjective

«disgraceful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very bad, shameful, and deserving strong disapproval. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#m1)
2. Shocking in a way that makes people feel ashamed for whoever did it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and real life, adults call bad behaviour, cheating, mess or unfair treatment «disgraceful»; it tells the reader the speaker is very cross and shocked; phrases: «a disgraceful way to behave», «absolutely disgraceful», «it's disgraceful that…».

### Examples

- Throwing litter in the river is disgraceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x1)
- «Your bedroom is disgraceful!» said Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x2)
- The referee called the foul disgraceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x3)
- It is disgraceful that some children have no warm coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x4)
- The players' behaviour after the match was disgraceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x5)
- Grandpa thought the price of a coffee was disgraceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x6)
- The newspaper called the broken promise disgraceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x7)
- “It’s disgraceful,” he said, blowing out his nostrils. “Those camels have racketed through our lines again--the third time this week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/#x8)

### Note

Adverb: disgracefully. Noun: disgrace («It's a disgrace!»). Strong word; stronger than «naughty» or «bad». Spelling: disgrace + ful (one l).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disgraceful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgraceful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disgraceful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disgraceful.html) on Mova free.