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disgrace

Noun feminine CEFR B2 Standard
dɪsˈɡɹeɪs

Definitions

  1. Ignominy, disgrace.
  2. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect
  3. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
  4. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
  5. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame
  6. Someone or something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
  7. Someone or something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit
  8. An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
  9. An act of unkindness; a disfavor
  10. To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon

Equivalents

47 more languages
Azərbaycan dilirüsvay
Беларускаяга́ньбасорам
Българскисрам
বাংলাঅপমান
Catalàdesgràcia
Esperantomalhonorigi
Eestihäbi
Magyarszégyen
Bahasa Indonesiaaibcacatcelafadihatnoda
Íslenskaóvirðing
Қазақ тілімасқара
Кыргызчамаскара
Latviešukauns
Македонскисрамсрамота
മലയാളംമാനക്കേട്
Portuguêsdesgraça
తెలుగుఅవమానించు
Türkçeyüz karası
اردوبدنامی
O'zbekchauyat
Tiếng Việtphốtthất sủng

Examples

“I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe?”
Now she lives in disgrace.”
His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.”
Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgracethat I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it, and that I should go into the cotton field no more.”
“"You are," said Uncle Tinfish, when he recovered the power of speech, "a disgrace, sir, A DIS-GRACE!" The curate merely confirmed Uncle Tinfish's power of divination by a groan.”
“As for the pulling of them [ambitious men] downe, if the Affaires require it, and that it may not be done with ſafety ſuddainly, the onely Way is, the Enterchange, continually of Fauours, and Diſgraces, whereby they may not know, what to expect; And be, as it were, in a Wood.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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