as in notorious
not respectable
disgraceful disruptions at the graduation ceremonies
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Recent Examples of disgraceful
The country’s education problem is lower education, as shown by the few proficiency tests still permitted in elementary, middle, and high schools in Connecticut, and by their disgraceful performance gaps.
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Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
Such actions are not only disgraceful but reprehensible.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
However, if there is something disgraceful about the Galveston Plan, the focus of Cockerell’s book, Schulz does not allude to it.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
Such actions are not only disgraceful but reprehensible.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
However, if there is something disgraceful about the Galveston Plan, the focus of Cockerell’s book, Schulz does not allude to it.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgraceful
Adjective
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The only problem was that Brian failed to mention the addition of a sixth band member to his father, Murry, a notorious tyrant who served as the group’s manager.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2025
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The French are notorious for mixing modern and retro pieces with traditional antiques.—
Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
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During that infamous July 5 storm, one of his time-lapses went viral, the kind of cinematic footage that hinted at where his storm-chasing career was headed.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Lautner attended the infamous 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with Swift, where her feud with rapper Kanye West first began.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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In the South, cool-season grasses are often grown in shady areas of the landscape or seeded over Bermuda grass for winter color.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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The creators lean into the shadier side of the law with comic undertones; the result more closely resembles Suits than anything else.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The lawsuit and criminal case have now both ostensibly been resolved.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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The group is headed by Dominique Alexander, a stalwart Black Lives Matter and defund the police activist with a prior criminal history.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This country already has very limited ability to stop the Republicans’ attempt to end democracy in the United States mostly due to their immoral actions on the Supreme Court nominations of Obama and Biden.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Rudy flames out on his first day, though, and ends up working for a shady lawyer named Bruiser (Lana Parrilla) and her gleefully immoral paralegal Deck (P.J. Byrne).—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There are few things more humbling than standing over a bed of live coals trying to coax a skewer into something succulent, rather than shameful.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The American people are lucky Biden's shameful chapter of history is closed.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Disgraceful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgraceful. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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