Read full poem →That not a nymph now sings;
Or droop they as disgraced,
To see their seats and bowers by chattering pies defaced?
Dictionary Entry
To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
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. disgracedhimself disgracedthemselves disgraceddisgraced ever
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Poetry examples for “disgraced”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I didn’t go to bed that day. My mother was reading the note. Soon I heard
her crying. Then she was wailing. “Oh, my god! You’ve disgraced your
father and myself! It’s a disgrace! Suppose the neighbors find out? What
Read full poem →Since such a shower of girlish tears
Disgraced me! But this wretched Inn,
At Plymouth, is so full of din,
Read full poem →I tried to help her out—she died—
They indicted me, the newspapers disgraced me,
My wife perished of a broken heart.
Read full poem →Th' offended guests would not, with blushing, see
These fair green walks disgraced by infamy.
Severe the fate of modern fools, alas!
Read full poem →In vain he flies, by Justice Swiftly chaced
With unexpected infamy disgraced
By Richardson for ever banish'd here
Read full poem →The ladies of the corridor
Find themselves involved, disgraced,
Call witness to their principles