disgraceful

adj 1: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to

reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked

rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray;

"the most shocking book of its time" [syn: {scandalous},

{shameful}, {shocking}]

2: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing

disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest

records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel

Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an

opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display

of cowardice" [syn: {black}, {ignominious}, {inglorious},

{opprobrious}, {shameful}]