disgraceful
[dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
Example Sentences
- "Fourthly, in the disgracefullest defeat at Hiftaniola that ever this Kingdom suffered in any age or time."
- "Meanwhile I have plenty to employ me, in siding drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion ;"
- "From Zoilus to Dennis, no disgracefuller outrage on taste had been committed."
- "Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."
- "I dono' where she 's raised, but she do go on de most disgracefullest since she been here."
- "To a good golfer a shank is disgracefuller than being dead drunk or in jail."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: [dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ]
Inflected Forms
more disgraceful (comparative)
disgracefuller (comparative, nonstandard)
most disgraceful (superlative)
disgracefullest (nonstandard, rare)
disgracefull (alternative, archaic)