different between disgraceful vs flagitious

English

Alternative forms

• disgracefull (archaic)

Etymology

disgrace +? -ful

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s???e?sf??], [d?z???e?sf??]

Adjective

disgraceful (comparative disgracefuller or more disgraceful, superlative disgracefullest or most disgraceful)

1. Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
2. Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:despicable

Translations

English

Etymology

Old French flagitieux or Latin fl?giti?sus, both ultimately from fl?gitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl??d????s/

Adjective

flagitious (comparative more flagitious, superlative most flagitious)

1. (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
   • 1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning, from Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 227:

     This young Nobleman was not only a flagitious Punster himself, but was accessary to the Punning of others, by Consent, by Provocation, by Connivance, and by Defence of the Evil committed […] .
2. (literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.

   Synonyms: infamous, scandalous, nefarious, iniquitous

   • 1959 (1985), Rex Stout, "Assault on a Brownstone", Death Times Three, page 186:

     As he entered he boomed: "Monstrous! Flagitious!"

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