black (s)
disgraceful (s)
ignominious (s)
inglorious (s)
opprobrious (s)
shameful (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to dishonorable, dishonourable
Derivationally related form shameful → shamefulness
Derivationally related form opprobrious → opprobrium
Derivationally related form ignominious → ignominy; ignominious → ignominiousness
Derivationally related form disgraceful → disgracefulness
Incoming links
Similar to dishonorable, dishonourable
Derived from adjective shamefully → shameful
Derived from adjective ignominiously → ignominious
Derived from adjective ingloriously → inglorious
Derived from adjective disgracefully → disgraceful
Derivationally related form ignominiousness → ignominious; ignominy → ignominious
Derivationally related form disgracefulness → disgraceful
Derivationally related form shamefulness → shameful
Derivationally related form opprobrium → opprobrious

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