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# disgrace

«disgrace» in Mova's school dictionary: **losing other people's respect because you did something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a disgrace; disgrace, uncountable); verb (disgrace, disgraces, disgraced, disgracing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Disgrace is losing other people's respect because you did something very bad or shameful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#m1)

2) A disgrace is something or someone so bad that it is shocking: "This mess is a disgrace!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#m2)

3) To disgrace someone means to bring shame on them, such as your family or school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character may "fall into disgrace" or be sent away "in disgrace" after doing wrong. Adults often say "It's a disgrace!" when angry about a mess or unfairness. In lessons about little sins, children learn that after a disgrace you can still say sorry and rebuild trust. Phrases: «in disgrace», «a public disgrace», «bring disgrace on», «It's a disgrace!», «fall into disgrace».

### examples

- Your bedroom is a disgrace! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x1)
- He was sent home in disgrace after the fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x2)
- The cheating brought disgrace on the whole team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x3)
- It's a disgrace that the park is full of litter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x4)
- She didn't want to disgrace her family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x5)
- The disgraced minister left her job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x6)
- After the disgrace, he worked hard to earn back their trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x7)
- Grown-ups and children sneered and hooted at Iktomi's disgrace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/#x8)

### note

Uncountable for the state of shame («in disgrace»), countable in «a disgrace». Verb: disgraced, disgracing. Adjective: disgraceful. Prefix «dis-» + grace (favour, good name).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disgrace» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disgrace/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.