1 [U] the loss of other people's respect and approval because of the bad way sb has behaved
SYNSHAME:
Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family. * The swimmer was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace. * There is no disgrace in being poor. * Sam was in disgrace with his parents.
2 [sing.] a ~ (to sb/sth) a person or thing that is so bad that people connected with them or it feel or should feel ashamed:
Your homework is an absolute disgrace. * That sort of behaviour is a disgrace to the legal profession. * The state of our roads is a national disgrace. * It's a disgrace that (= it is very wrong that) they are paid so little.
verb [VN]
1 to behave badly in a way that makes you or other people feel ashamed:
I disgraced myself by drinking far too much. * He had disgraced the family name.
2 (be disgraced) to lose the respect of people, usually so that you lose a position of power:
He was publicly disgraced and sent into exile. * a disgraced politician / leader
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for disgrace is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is disgrace a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, disgrace is tagged as noun.
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