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disgrace English

Meaning disgrace meaning

What does disgrace mean?
Definitions in simple English

disgrace Noun

— A shame to someone or a group of people. The worst thing in life is being a disgrace.

disgrace Verb

— To bring disgrace or shame to yourself or someone else The journalist disgraced the Congressman by telling the public of his sex scandal.

disgrace

— noun (= shame, ignominy) a state of dishonor one mistake brought shame to all his family suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison — verb (= dishonor, dishonour, shame) bring shame or dishonor upon he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime — verb (= discredit) damage the reputation of This newspaper story discredits the politicians — verb (= put down) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally She tends to put down younger women colleagues His critics took him down after the lecture

Synonyms disgrace synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as disgrace?

disgrace English » English

shame dishonor dishonour discredit ignominy infamy insult humiliate put to shame humiliation disrepute reproach defame degrade degradation contempt scandal opprobrium disrespect debase attaint disfavour demean blot bad reputation unpopularity scorn outrage indignity failure disfavor denigrate blemish abase take down stain scandalize ridicule mismanagement fault error embarrass sully stigma shamefulness put down odium mortify mortification misfortune

Topics disgrace topics

What do people use disgrace to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sorry

Ashamed

Conjugation disgrace conjugation

How do you conjugate disgrace?

disgrace · verb

Examples disgrace examples

How do I use disgrace in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It will take a long time to live down your disgrace.
I would rather be killed than live in disgrace.
It's a disgrace to our family!
It's a disgrace to our company.
Who usually sits on the bench of disgrace?
You're a disgrace to this family!
It is better to die honorably than to live in disgrace.
What happened was a disgrace.
When he fell into disgrace, all his friends abandoned him.
This is worse than death, for it means disgrace as well.
Your behavior brought disgrace on our family.
I would rather die than live in disgrace.
I would rather die than disgrace myself.
He would rather die than disgrace himself.
It's a disgrace.

Movie subtitles

Mind my vow, King Gunther, I shall not eat nor drink until my disgrace has been vindicated!
Dear sir, the indignity of your misconduct is a disgrace and a scandal.
There's only one way to wipe out this disgrace.
What a disgrace, the operetta is a failure!
The disgrace!
It's such a disgrace for him.
Such a disgrace!
I am sorry for you, but your husband is a disgrace for the whole family.
The scroll he ordered buried with me, that no such sacrilege might disgrace Egypt again.
You Get Fired And Leave In Disgrace.
I WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING TO DISGRACE HIM.
Aye, to bring shame and disgrace upon my house.
Bloody disgrace.
You disgrace me!
What a disgrace!
Allowing the cyborgs to abduct an upstanding citizen right from under us is a total disgrace to the Guardians.
You're a disgrace to the family name Wagstaff, if such a thing is possible.
Shame, disgrace, humiliation!
That's true. They bring nothing but disgrace to my people.
She was only trying to help me. Aye, to bring shame and disgrace upon my house.
You three are a disgrace to saltwater!
What a disgrace to our parents. If poor Father ever.
Because of the scandal and the disgrace.
You're responsible for this disgrace.
I tell you, Ellen, we're the public disgrace of America.
You'd disgrace it if Ashley were free.
He would not disgrace us unless he was forced to.
The disgrace is we have to resort to such roundabout methods to get him.
AND YOU'LL BE DISMISSED IN DISGRACE.
What a disgrace.
What a disgrace! It serves you right to fall ill.
You're a disgrace and an ingrate.
Still, it was a disgrace to hang himself.
It would be a disgrace.
You disgrace our shop!
You're a disgrace.

News and current affairs

And the reasons for her husband's political disgrace remain murky, to say the least.
The disgrace of Bo, Chongqing's former Party leader, certainly falls into this category.
It amounted to an agreement that the continuing absence of democracy in many parts of the world is a disgrace.
In Nigeria, the Islamic militia Boko Haram - a glorified gang of criminals - brings disgrace on the Prophet, in the name of whom they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls to sell or use as sex slaves.
His presence is an embarrassment to NATO, but an even greater disgrace for Russia.
Mao's death allowed for Deng Xiaoping's return from disgrace and internal exile.
Finally, during the Nixon years, the president's paranoia about opposition to the Vietnam War and to his policies fuelled a pattern of abuses that eventually brought about his resignation in disgrace.
Yet Khrushchev, isolated and in disgrace, continued to see a bond between himself and the great author.
But the resignation of the Kok government does not deal with the disgrace of Srebrenica.
Either she will succeed with it, or it will become a monumental disgrace for Germany and a disaster for the German economy.

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