disgracing
present participle ofdisgrace
disgrace
verb[T]
uk/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us/dɪsˈɡreɪs/to makepeoplestoprespectingyou oryourfamily,team, etc. by doing something verybad:
You have disgraced us all withyourbehaviour.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominious
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- shoddy
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified
Examplesofdisgracing
disgracing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
No decision, hot air; in the end we aredisgracingourselves.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
You would have to have canvassing, speeches, meetings, the distribution of pamphlets and leaflets, and placards which would be decorating ordisgracingthe walls.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It deserves to travel in decent, comfortable railway carriages—not the wrecks, some of them 40 years old, that aredisgracingour railway; at present.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not care what the man's qualifications are; he isdisgracinghis qualifications by saying things like that.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They aredisgracingthe nation by not carrying them out.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The proper reference should be, not that the soldiers were in trouble, but that citizens weredisgracingmilitary uniform.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We shall bedisgracingour traditions if we allow this power to slip gradually out of our hands.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, she talked about a penalty like taggingdisgracingthe parent before the child and argued that the loss of a driving licence would not do so.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For the first time we shall have an effective means to stop the hooligan from going to football matches and prevent the convicted troublemakers fromdisgracingour country abroad.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is it inhumane to drive off the streets women who aredisgracingthe city in which they live and shocking the residents of the areas in which they operate?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Sin, disgraceful sin, isdisgracingeverywhere.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Anyone who breaks these regulations may be fined fordisgracingthe flag.
From
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Calling it unsightly, vulgar and unacceptable, they tried to have the ad blocked asdisgracingchildhood innocence and dignity.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And for the disbelievers is adisgracingtorment.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If a hoplite escaped, he would sometimes be forced to drop his cumbersome aspis, therebydisgracinghimself to his friends and family (becoming a "ripsaspis", one who threw his shield).
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
- the jet set
- the-jet-set
- the jewel in the crown
- the-jewel-in-the-crown
- the job ladder
- the job/matter at hand
- the job/matter in hand
- the-job-matter-in-hand
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the-joint-chiefs-of-staff
- the joke is on sb
- the-joke-is-on-sb
- the joke is on someone
- the Jolly Roger
- the-jolly-roger
- the jury is (still) out
- the-jury-is-still-out
- the key to something
- the key to sth
- the-key-to-sth
- the kiss of death (for something)
- the kiss of life
- the-kiss-of-life
- the KKK
- the-kkk