disgrace
Other forms: disgraced; disgraces; disgracing
Use the verb disgrace to say that someone has brought shame upon himself. Your brother might disgrace himself at the family reunion by being rude to your Uncle Bob.
You probably notice that grace makes up a big part of disgrace. Combine this with the dis- prefix, meaning “the opposite of,” and you get a word that involves shame and dishonor. Think of disgrace as a kind of fall from grace — it’s what happens when you do something that causes you to lose favor or damages your reputation. You could disgrace yourself by losing your tennis match badly, or you could disgrace yourself by cheating on an exam.
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a state of dishonor
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humiliation
state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
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obloquy, opprobrium
state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
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odium
state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
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reproach
disgrace or shame
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abasement, abjection, degradation
a low or downcast state
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bring shame or dishonor upon
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damage the reputation of
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reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
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Vocabulary lists containing disgrace
In a small Bangladeshi village where only boys are expected to earn money, ten-year-old Naimi disguises herself as a boy so she can get a job to help her struggling family.
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