adjective
- Used of conduct or character. ( deserving or bringing disgrace or shame)
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious
- Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
- usage: "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
- synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shocking
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