the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
2.
a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful.
3.
the state of being out of favor; exclusion from favor, confidence, or trust: courtiers and ministers in disgrace.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to bring or reflect shame or reproach upon: to be disgraced by cowardice.
5.
to dismiss with discredit; put out of grace or favor; rebuke or humiliate: to be disgraced at court.
[Origin: 1540–50; (n.) < MF < It disgrazia, equiv. to dis-dis-1+ grazia < L gratia (see grace); (v.) < MF disgracier < It disgraziare, deriv. of disgrazia]
—Related forms
dis·grac·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. disapproval, disapprobation, notoriety, taint. Disgrace,dishonor,ignominy,infamy imply a very low position in the opinion of others. Disgrace implies the disfavor of others: to be in disgrace. Dishonor implies a stain on honor or honorable reputation; it relates esp. to the person's own conduct: He preferred death to dishonor. Ignominy is disgrace in which one's situation invites contempt: the ignominy of being discovered cheating. Infamy is shameful notoriety, or baseness of action or character that is widely known and recognized: The children never outlived the father's infamy. 3. disfavor, odium, obloquy. 4. dishonor, defame, stain, sully, taint. 5. degrade, disapprove.
The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
One that brings disfavor or discredit: Your handwriting is a disgrace.
tr.v.
dis·graced, dis·grac·ing, dis·grac·es
To bring shame or dishonor on: disgraced the entire community.
To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor: The family was disgraced by the scandal.
[French disgrâce, from Italian disgrazia : dis-, not (from Latin; see dis-) + grazia, favor (from Latin grātia, from grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots).]
a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame]
verb
1.
bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor] [ant: honor]
2.
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down]
3.
damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" [syn: discredit]
Dis-\ (?; 258) . 1. A prefix from the Latin, whence F. d['e]s, or sometimes d['e]-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever. Note: Walker's rule of pronouncing this prefix is, that the s ought always to be pronounced like z, when the next syllable is accented and begins with "a flat mute [b, d, v, g, z], a liquid [l, m, n, r], or a vowel; as, disable, disease, disorder, disuse, disband, disdain, disgrace, disvalue, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismay, dismember, dismiss, dismount, disnatured, disrank, disrelish, disrobe." Dr. Webster's example in disapproving of Walker's rule and pronouncing dis-as diz in only one (disease) of the above words, is followed by recent ortho["e]pists. See Disable, Disgrace, and the other words, beginning with dis-, in this Dictionary. 2. A prefix from Gr. di`s- twice. See Di-.
Dis*grace"\ (?; 277), n. [F. disgr[^a]ce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + gr[^a]ce. See Grace.]1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. --Shak. 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet? --Shak. 3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being. 4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. --Bacon. Syn: Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.
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