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dis⋅grace

  [dis-greys] noun, verb, -graced, -grac⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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.

Antonyms:
1. honor.
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dis·grace   (dĭs-grās')   
n.  
  1. Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame.
  2. The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
  3. One that brings disfavor or discredit: Your handwriting is a disgrace.
tr.v.   dis·graced, dis·grac·ing, dis·grac·es
  1. To bring shame or dishonor on: disgraced the entire community.
  2. 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).]
dis·grac'er n.
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Disgrace

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.

Disgrace

Dis*grace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing.] [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]

1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.

Flatterers of the disgraced minister. --Macaulay.

Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. --J. Morley.

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.

Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. --Pope.

His ignorance disgraced him. --Johnson.

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. --Spenser.

Syn: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.
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Language Translation for : disgrace
Spanish: desgracia,
German: die Ungnade,
Japanese: 不人気
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disgrace 
c.1549, from M.Fr. disgracier, from It. disgraziare, from disgrazia "misfortune, deformity," from dis- "opposite of" + grazia "grace."
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