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say it: dis-GRAY-sfuhl
disgraceful is an adjective meaning "giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation". It carries 2 recorded senses.
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
“scandalous behavior”
“the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt”
“the most shocking book of its time”
(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”
“an ignominious retreat”
“inglorious defeat”
“an opprobrious monument to human greed”
“a shameful display of cowardice”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for disgraceful come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.