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What (who) is Disgrace - definition
NOVEL BY J. M. COETZEE
Disgrace(novel); Disgrace (novel)
disgrace
I
n.
1) to bring; suffer disgrace
2) deep; public disgrace
3) a disgrace to (he is a disgrace to his family)
4) a disgrace to + inf. (it was a disgrace to behave like that = it was a disgrace behaving like that)
5) a disgrace that (it's a disgrace that these roads are so poorly marked)
6) in disgrace (he quit in disgrace over the bribe)
II
v. (D; refl., tr.) to disgrace by (he disgraced himself by getting drunk)
disgrace
I. n.
1.
Disfavor, disesteem, degradation.
2.
Dishonor, discredit, disrepute, disesteem, shame, reproach, disparagement, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, scandal, blot on one's escutcheon.
II. v. a.
1.
Put out of favor, dismiss from favor, humiliate, humble, degrade, strip of rank or honors.
2.
Dishonor, discredit, degrade, debase, tarnish, stain, sully, taint, bring shame, reproach, dishonor, or a stain upon.
disgrace
¦ noun loss of reputation as the result of a dishonourable action.
?a shameful and unacceptable person or thing: he's a disgrace to the legal profession.
¦ verb bring disgrace on.
?cause to fall from favour or power.
Origin
C16: via Fr. from Ital. disgrazia (n.), disgraziare (v.).
Wikipedia
Disgrace
Disgrace is a novel by J. M. Coetzee, published in 1999. It won the Booker Prize. The writer was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature four years after its publication.
Examples of use of Disgrace
1. Disgrace is inevitable: It would be a disgrace if the summit were canceled, and it will be a disgrace if it goes ahead as planned.
2. Carnegie‘s epitaph was, "The man who dies rich dies in disgrace." Hunter is determined not to die in disgrace.
3. You are a bloody disgrace to this place and a disgrace to your portfolio and your electorate!
4. Its continuation in Peterhead remains a disgrace.
5. Mbeke said Saturday the anti–immigrant violence was a disgrace.