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Adjective: disgraceful  dis'greys-ful
  1. Giving offence to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
    "disgraceful behaviour";
    - scandalous, shameful, shocking
     
  2. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
    "Man...has written one of his most disgraceful records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands";
    - black, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

See also: dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], immoral

Encyclopedia: Disgraceful