Noun

• S: (n) shame, disgrace, ignominy (a state of dishonor) "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

Verb

• S: (v) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame (bring shame or dishonor upon) "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
• S: (v) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally) "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) reduce (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation) "She reduced her niece to a servant"
• S: (v) dehumanize, dehumanise (deprive of human qualities) "Life in poverty has dehumanized them"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) discredit, disgrace (damage the reputation of) "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"