disgrace
IPA: dɪsgrˈeɪs
noun
- The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
- (countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
- (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
verb
- (transitive) To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
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Examples of "disgrace" in Sentences
- I wished to save you the disgrace -- yes, _disgrace_!
- Withdrawing the money to help people in disgrace is criminal.
- Nixon resigned in disgrace, and was pardoned, which is why he had no convictions.
- That which you think of as my suffering and my disgrace is my glory and happiness.
- I visited the general there and found that he was still smarting under what he called the disgrace put upon him by Stanton.
- "And did you tell him" -- and Paul's voice was almost hoarse as he spoke -- "did you tell him of -- of what you call her disgrace?"
- That it was a disgrace is amply demonstrated by what the CPS has become since then and most of all by the ambitions that The CPS has for the future.
- Now I cannot let you disgrace my name, and my son, she had meant to say, but about her son she could not jest, disgrace my name, andand more in the same style, she added.
- Keith Pitts's semicircular set subtly evokes the Oval Office from which Nixon retreated in disgrace, and Mike Tutaj's rear-wall projections transport the viewer from place to place with discreet finesse.
- However, the manifold blunders and petty jealousies of this official are now producing such grievous results that his downfall is almost certain, and if his removal in disgrace from a position which he has proved himself totally unfit for be considered a satisfaction to those he has injured, why then I, among others, am morally assured of that amount of vengeance, at least.
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