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
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of) "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) discredit, disgrace (damage the reputation of) "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"