vverb.socialbring shame or dishonor uponSynset:attaint disgrace dishonor dishonour shame
Examples:- he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Antonyms:honor
Derivationally Related Form:dishonordisgraceshamedishonour
Inherited Hypernyms:dishonor
Direct Hyponyms:befouldefilefoulmaculate
Full Troponyms:foul
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: dishonor, disgrace, attaint, shame, dishonour)
vverb.emotionreduce in worth or character, usually verballySynset:degrade demean disgrace put down take down
Examples:- She tends to put down younger women colleagues
- His critics took him down after the lecture
Derivationally Related Form:degradationtakedownput-down
Hypernyms:abase chagrin humble humiliate mortify
Inherited Hypernyms:take downhumiliatehurtarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:dehumanisedehumanizereduce
Full Troponyms:dehumanizereduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationdamage the reputation ofSynset:discredit disgrace
Examples:- This newspaper story discredits the politicians
Derivationally Related Form:discreditdisgrace
Hypernyms:belittle disparage pick at
Inherited Hypernyms:discreditdisparageknockcommentnotestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: discredit)
adj satadj.allsuffering shameSynset:discredited dishonored shamed
Antonyms:unashamed
Inherited Hypernyms:discredited
Similar to:ashamed