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disgrace
Found in thesaurus: dishonour, dishonor, chagrin, humiliate, mortify, humble, abase, belittle, disparage, pick at
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disgrace
v.
put to shame, dishonor
n.
shame, dishonor
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Disgrace
Disgrace is a novel by J. M. Coetzee, published in 1999. It won the Booker Prize. The writer was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature four years after its publication.
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disgrace
Noun
1. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
(synonym) shame, ignominy
(hypernym) dishonor, dishonour
(hyponym) humiliation
(derivation) discredit
Verb
1. bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
(synonym) dishonor, dishonour, attaint, shame
(hyponym) foul, befoul, defile, maculate
(derivation) shame, ignominy
2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
(synonym) take down, degrade, demean, put down
(hypernym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(hyponym) reduce
3. damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
(synonym) discredit
(hypernym) disparage, belittle, pick at
(derivation) shame, ignominy
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disgrâce
nf.
disgrace, shame, dishonor
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disgrace
v.
udělat si ostudu; zostudit se
n.
ponížení; nemilost; ostuda
