DISGRACE


Meaning of DISGRACE in English

n. 25B6; noun

he brought disgrace on the family : DISHONOUR, shame, discredit, ignominy, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy, scandal, stigma, opprobrium, obloquy, condemnation, vilification, contempt, disrespect; humiliation, embarrassment, loss of face; Austral. strife; dated disesteem.

the unemployment figures are a disgrace : SCANDAL, outrage; discredit, reproach, affront, insult; stain, blemish, blot, blot on the escutcheon, black mark; informal crime, sin.

honour.

25B6; verb

you have disgraced the family name : BRING SHAME ON, shame, dishonour, discredit, bring into disrepute, degrade, debase, defame, stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, stain, blacken, drag through the mud/mire.

he was publicly disgraced : DISCREDIT, dishonour, stigmatize; humiliate, cause to lose face, chasten, humble, demean, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size.

honour.

25A0; in disgrace OUT OF FAVOUR, unpopular, in bad odour, under a cloud, disgraced; informal in someone's bad/black books, in the doghouse; NZ informal in the dogbox.

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