These soldiers behaved in the most cowardly and disgraceful way. The Romans found Commodus' gladiatorial combats to be scandalous and disgraceful. Campbell's dive was described as "pathetic", "cynical" and "disgraceful". Republican Representative Peter T. King called Massie's actions "disgraceful" and "irresponsible". The public categorized his monologue as indecent, derogatory, misogynistic and disgraceful. A scandal is a strong social reaction to a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc. The image of a disgraceful traitor persisted throughout Russian and Soviet history. Robbed of a glorious retirement, his career ended in a disgraceful scandal. The next day, Taylor apologised for his behaviour which he described as "disgraceful". Burgoyne refused to consider it, insisting that retreat would be disgraceful. Marshall thought the Danes' behaviour in leaving the explosive device disgraceful. This is portrayed as a violation of covenant and a disgraceful thing. Peter Falk expressed his disapproval of the spin-off, calling it a "bad idea" and "disgraceful". Briar finds Truman's reluctance to be disgraceful. We will never work for the BBC again unless this disgraceful decision is reversed.