If you say that something such as behaviour or a situation is disgraceful, you disapprove of it strongly, and feel that the person or people responsible should be ashamed of it.
1. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
"scandalous behavior""the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray"the most shocking book of its time"
2. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson"an ignominious retreat""inglorious defeat""an opprobrious monument to human greed""a shameful display of cowardice"