disgracious

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adjective

Lacking grace; ungraceful

OriginFrench disgracieux →
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Meanings

adjectivedisgracious (comparative more disgracious, superlative most disgracious)

comparative more disgracious · superlative most disgracious

  1. archaicLacking grace; ungraceful

    If I be so disgracious in your fight, let me march on

    c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]
  2. archaicdisgraced.

Origin

  1. Frenchdisgracieux
  2. Englishdisgracious

Compare French disgracieux.

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APA

disgracious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgracious

MLA

“disgracious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgracious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disgracious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgracious.

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