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(adj) disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, black
(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
(adj) disgraceful, scandalous, shocking
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