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disgracing

disgracing is the present participle and gerund of disgrace.

Meaning of disgrace

Verb

disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces, present participle disgracing, simple past and past participle disgraced)

  1. (transitive) To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
    • […] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv

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Questions about disgracing

What is disgracing the present participle and gerund of?
Disgracing is the present participle and gerund of disgrace.

Words near disgracing in the dictionary

  1. disgracer
  2. disgracers
  3. disgraces
  4. disgracest
  5. disgraceth
  6. disgracing
  7. disgracious
  8. disgracive
  9. disgradation
  10. disgrade
  11. disgraded

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