noun
1 loss of respect
VERB + DISGRACE
▪ fall into
▪
Their father fell into ~ and lost his business.
▪ bring
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His crime had brought ~ upon his whole family.
▪ be sent home in , be sent off in ( BrE )
▪
She was sent home from the Olympics in ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
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He's in ~ for having left his room in a mess.
PHRASES
▪ there's no ~ in sth
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There's no ~ in being poor.
2 disgraceful person/thing
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute , utter (both esp. BrE )
▪
This room is an absolute ~ (= because it is very dirty/untidy) !
▪ national , public
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The state of our hospitals is a national ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
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The filthy streets are a ~ to the town.