Disgracefulness

Disgracefulness
Disgraceful Dis*grace"ful, a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- {Dis*grace"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*grace"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]


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