disgrace
US: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
UK: /dɪsɡɹˈeɪs/
UK: /dɪsɡɹˈeɪs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
disgrace /dis'geis/
- danh từ
- tình trạng bị ghét bỏ, tình trạng bị ruồng bỏ, tình trạng không được sủng ái
- to fall into disgrace; to be in disgrace: không được sủng ái
- tình trạng giáng chức, tình trạng giáng chức; tình trạng bị thất thế
- sự ô nhục, sự nhục nhã, sự hổ thẹn; điều ô nhục, điều nhục nhã, điều hổ thẹn
- to bring disgrace on one's family: làm hổ thẹn cho gia đình, làm nhục cho gia đình
- to be a disgrace to one's family: là một điều hổ thẹn cho gia đình, là một điều nhục nhã cho gia đình
- tình trạng bị ghét bỏ, tình trạng bị ruồng bỏ, tình trạng không được sủng ái
- ngoại động từ
- ghét bỏ, ruồng bỏ, không sủng ái
- giáng chức, cách chức
- làm ô nhục, làm nhục nhã, làm hổ thẹn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [U] the loss of other people's respect and approval because of the bad way sb has behaved
Synonym: SHAME
Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family. + The swimmer was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace. + There is no disgrace in being poor. + Sam was in disgrace with his parents.
2 [sing.] a ~ (to sb/sth) a person or thing that is so bad that people connected with them or it feel or should feel ashamed: Your homework is an absolute disgrace. + That sort of behaviour is a disgrace to the legal profession. + The state of our roads is a national disgrace. + It's a disgrace that (= it is very wrong that) they are paid so little.
+ verb [VN]
1 to behave badly in a way that makes you or other people feel ashamed: I disgraced myself by drinking far too much. + He had disgraced the family name.
2 (be disgraced) to lose the respect of people, usually so that you lose a position of power: He was publicly disgraced and sent into exile. + a disgraced politician / leader
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 ignominy, shame, humiliation, embarrassment, degradation, debasement, dishonour, discredit, disfavour, disrepute, vitiation, infamy; disesteem, contempt, odium, obloquy, opprobrium:
His conduct has brought disgrace on his family.
2 blemish, harm, aspersion, blot, scandal, slur, stigma, vilification, smirch, smear, stain, taint, black mark:
The way she has been treated by the company is a disgrace.
v.
3 shame, humiliate, embarrass, mortify:
He has been disgraced by his son's cowardice.
4 degrade, debase, dishonour, discredit, disfavour, vitiate, defame, disparage, scandalize, slur, stain, taint, stigmatize, sully, besmirch, smirch, tarnish, smear, asperse, vilify, blacken, drag through the mud, reflect (adversely) on:
Once again his actions have disgraced the family name.
Collocation dictionary
1 loss of respect
VERB + DISGRACE
fall into
Their father fell into disgrace and lost his business.
| bring
His crime had brought disgrace upon his whole family.
| be sent away/home/off in
She was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace.
PREP.
in ~
He's in disgrace for having left his room in a mess.
PHRASES
there's no disgrace in sth
There's no disgrace in being poor.
2 disgraceful person/thing
ADJ.
absolute, utter
This room is an absolute disgrace (= because it is very dirty/untidy)!
| national, public
The state of our hospitals is a national disgrace.
PREP.
~ to
The filthy streets are a disgrace to the town.
Concise English dictionary
disgraces|disgraced|disgracingdɪs'greɪs
noun
+a state of dishonor
verb
+bring shame or dishonor upon
+reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
+damage the reputation of
