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be under a cloud
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(Definition of be under a cloud from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Humiliating and degrading
Synonyms and related words:
- abase verb
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate verb (WEAKEN)
- degradation noun (BAD SITUATION)
- discredit noun
- disgrace noun
- disgrace verb
- dishonour noun
- dishonour verb
- humiliating adjective
- ignoble adjective
- ignominious adjective
- ignominy noun
- in the doghouse idiom
- ruin noun
- shameful adjective
- shoddy adjective (NOT RESPECTFUL)
- stoop to sth phrasal verb
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