disgrace
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
disgrace/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
▶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.).
'disgrace' also found in these Oxford entries:
black sheep
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- downright
- dunce's cap
- hara-kiri
- hot
- ignominious
- mud
- opprobrium
- stigma
- stigmatize
