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Disgraceful vs Detestable - What's the difference?

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Disgraceful is a related term of detestable.


As adjectives the difference between disgraceful and detestable

is that disgraceful is bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful while detestable is detestable, despicable.

disgraceful

English

Alternative forms

* disgracefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

    • detestable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

    Derived terms

    * detestableness

    Related terms

    * detest * detestability

    See also

    * hateful * abominable * loathsome * horrid

    Anagrams

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