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Adjective: disgraced  `dis'greyst
  1. Suffering shame
    - discredited, dishonored [US], shamed, dishonoured [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: disgrace  dis'greys
  1. Bring shame or dishonour upon
    "he disgraced his family by committing a serious crime"
    - dishonor [US], dishonour [Brit, Cdn], attaint [archaic], shame
     
  2. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
    "She tends to disgrace younger women colleagues"
    - take down, degrade, demean, put down
     
  3. Damage the reputation of
    "This newspaper story disgraces the politicians"
    - discredit

See also: ashamed

Type of: abase, belittle, chagrin, disparage, humble, humiliate, mortify, pick at

Encyclopedia: Disgrace