English → Latin
“disgraceful” in Latin
turpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefufoedustreaty, compact, alliance, truce, league; agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms; covenantobscēnusinauspicious, ominous, portentous; repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy; immodest, impure, indespurcusdirty, foul, unclean; morally-polluted, base, meanignōminiōsusdisgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominiousinhonestusdishonorable; disgraceful; shamefulflāgitiōsusshameful, disgraceful, scandalous; profligate, dissolutecontumēliōsusabusive, insolentprobrōsusshameful, ignominiousnefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsome
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disgraceful
turpis: foedus (heinous, either in a physical or a moral respect). (The words are found in this connection and order.) turpis et foedus: obscenus (causing disgust, either by being looked at or listened to): spurcus (of a disgusting nature, dirty): ignominiosus (ignominious; of things; e.g., flight): inhonestus (dishonorable, immoral, of persons and things); (The words are found in this connection and order.) turpis et inhonestus: flagitiosus (full of vile actions; villainous, of persons and things): contumeliosus (full of contumely): probrosus (being a blemish on anybody’s character): scelere contaminatus (contaminated with crime, of persons): nefarius (acting or being contrary to human and divine laws, of persons and things): to be disgraceful, ignominiae, or dedecori, or probro, or turpitudini, or opprobrio esse: to consider anything or look upon anything as disgraceful, turpe putare or ducere aliquid; as very disgraceful, in turpissimis rebus habere: (anything) looks disgraceful, turpi esse aspectu, deformem esse: disgraceful things, res turpes; flagitia (villainies); nefaria, plur., (unutterable atrocities): to lead a disgraceful life, turpiter et flagitiose vivere: disgraceful indeed (sc. what you are relating)! o indignum facinus! in a disgraceful manner. Vid: DISGRACEFULLY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disgraceful?
- The usual Latin words for “disgraceful” are turpis, foedus, obscēnus; also spurcus, ignōminiōsus, inhonestus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.