disgrace
bring shame or dishonor upon
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,997 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,454 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- bring shame or dishonor upon also: dishonor, dishonour, attaint, shame he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally also: take down, degrade, demean, put down She tends to put down younger women colleaguesHis critics took him down after the lecture
- damage the reputation of also: discredit This newspaper story discredits the politicians
noun
- a state of dishonor also: shame, ignominy one mistake brought shame to all his familysuffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
disgrace in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He could not face disgrace, any more than he could face the guns of battle.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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The girl had thought it such a disgrace that she would not look at him!
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Each one felt as if he had a share of the disgrace of this police invasion.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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There's a lot more to me than you know--a lot I've thought to overcome--suffering, misery, curses, disgrace.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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A sergeant-major cried for mercy, saying he had nine wounds, and was a brave fellow, and did not deserve this disgrace.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1