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Definition of disgrace
disgracer
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of disgrace in a Sentence
Many feel that the mayor has disgraced the town government by accepting personal favors from local businesspeople.
He felt he had disgraced himself by failing at school.
Recent Examples of disgrace from the Web
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The award follows the dictum of Carnegie, who once said that the person who dies rich dies disgraced, said Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corp. of New York.
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As co-host of The Five from 2011 to 2015, and again this year, the Democratic commentator routinely disgraced the progressive cause.
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For Speaker Paul Ryan in particular, all else—disgracing the office of the presidency, destroying the reputation of the United States of America around the world—is worth it.
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If half of what the ACLU and the 11 black residents allege is true, Madison County leaders and sheriff’s deputies are disgracing the core civil values of their country.
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The failing @nytimes has disgraced the media world. Gotten me wrong for two solid years.
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And Illinois lawmakers should not disgrace themselves by ignoring the wants and needs of a million Illinois residents.
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All five have been disgraced since 2012, either imprisoned for corruption and abuse of power or faced with similar charges.
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Origin and Etymology of disgrace
see 2disgrace
disgrace
Definition of disgrace
Examples of disgrace in a Sentence
The secret was protected out of a fear of political disgrace.
Many feel that the mayor has brought disgrace upon the town.
She was forced to leave in disgrace.
His table manners are a disgrace.
The health-care system is a national disgrace.
Recent Examples of disgrace from the Web
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A former lawyer who resigned his law license in disgrace in 2002 is charged with illegally representing two clients in court proceedings and using another attorney's information to forge and file court records.
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THE FACTS: Trump didn’t call Russian hacking a disgrace.
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His legacy was later clouded by disgrace over a party fund-raising scandal.
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Mark Hurd left Hewlett Packard in 2011 in disgrace after revelations of personal scandal, but today is thriving as CEO of Oracle.
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God save us not just from this civil disgrace, but from some self-important celebrities whose frame of mind does not seem that distant from Kathy Griffin’s.
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Dragnea met with Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser, shortly before Trump was sworn in as president (and a few weeks before Flynn was fired in disgrace.)
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Apart from Milo Yiannopolous, the site’s provocative former tech editor who resigned in disgrace earlier this year, McHugh was possibly the member of the staff most closely aligned with the alt-right.
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Others call it a disgrace that American children associate the president with bullying.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disgrace'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of disgrace
Middle French, from Old Italian disgrazia, from dis- (from Latin) + grazia grace, from Latin gratia — more at grace
Synonym Discussion of disgrace
DISGRACE Defined for English Language Learners
disgrace
playDefinition of disgrace for English Language Learners
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: to cause (someone) to feel ashamed
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: to cause (someone or something) to lose or become unworthy of respect or approval
disgrace
Definition of disgrace for English Language Learners
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: the condition of feeling ashamed or of losing or becoming unworthy of respect or approval
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: something that you are or should be ashamed of
DISGRACE Defined for Kids
Definition of disgrace for Students
disgraced
;disgracing
: to bring shame to Her behavior disgraced the family.
Definition of disgrace for Students
1 : the condition of being looked down on : loss of respect He resigned in disgrace.
2 : a cause of shame It was a disgrace to be chained, and he felt it deeply … — Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
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