disgrace
/dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/ verb C2- To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
He/she/it disgraces · Past disgraced · Past participle disgraced · -ing form disgracing
Verb forms
- Base form
- disgrace
- He/she/it
- disgraces
- Past
- disgraced
- Past participle
- disgraced
- -ing form
- disgracing
From the library
The expiring Lion said, “I have reluctantly brooked the insults of the brave, but to be compelled to endure such treatment from thee, a disgrace to Nature, is indeed to die a double death.”
Phillips dire disgrace must inevitably have been their portion.
It would be a real disgrace to have a father named--well, say Jedediah, wouldn’t it?”
Lynde, and instead of that you have disgraced me.
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