Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame.
- noun The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
- noun One that brings disfavor or discredit.
- transitive verb To bring shame or dishonor on.
- transitive verb To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put out of favor; dismiss with discredit.
- To treat or affect ignominiously; bring or cast shame or reproach upon; dishonor; put to shame.
- To revile; upbraid; heap reproaches upon.
- Synonyms and Debase, Degrade, etc. (see
abase ); to shame, mortify, dishonor; tarnish, blot, stain, sully. See list underdebase . - noun A state of being out of favor; exclusion from favor, confidence, or trust: as, the minister retired from court in disgrace.
- noun A state of ignominy, dishonor, or shame; subjection to opprobrium.
- noun A cause of shame or reproach; that which dishonors: as, honest poverty is no disgrace.
- noun Want of grace of person or mind; illfavoredness; ungracious condition or character.
- noun An act of unkindness; an ill turn.
- noun Synonyms and Disgrace, Dishonor, etc. (see
odium ), discredit, ignominy, infamy, disrepute, reproach, contempt, opprobrium, obloquy. - noun Scandal, blot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- noun The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
- noun That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit.
- noun obsolete An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
- transitive verb To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
- transitive verb To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.
- transitive verb To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- noun The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame;
dishonor ;shame ;ignominy . - noun That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
- noun obsolete An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
- verb To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of dishonor
- verb damage the reputation of
- verb bring shame or dishonor upon
- verb reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I wished to save you the disgrace -- yes, _disgrace_!
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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Now I cannot let you disgrace my name, and my son, she had meant to say, but about her son she could not jest, disgrace my name, andand more in the same style, she added.
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Withdrawing the money to help people in disgrace is criminal.
Think Progress » Sen. Kit Bond: Mowing Down Lawn Mower Reform 2006
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However, the manifold blunders and petty jealousies of this official are now producing such grievous results that his downfall is almost certain, and if his removal in disgrace from a position which he has proved himself totally unfit for be considered a satisfaction to those he has injured, why then I, among others, am morally assured of that amount of vengeance, at least.
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That it was a disgrace is amply demonstrated by what the CPS has become since then and most of all by the ambitions that The CPS has for the future.
Archive 2007-07-15 2007
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I visited the general there and found that he was still smarting under what he called the disgrace put upon him by Stanton.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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That which you think of as my suffering and my disgrace is my glory and happiness.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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"And did you tell him" -- and Paul's voice was almost hoarse as he spoke -- "did you tell him of -- of what you call her disgrace?"
The Day of Judgment Joseph Hocking 1898
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Keith Pitts's semicircular set subtly evokes the Oval Office from which Nixon retreated in disgrace, and Mike Tutaj's rear-wall projections transport the viewer from place to place with discreet finesse.
This Stoppard Is a Second 'Scoop' Terry Teachout 2010
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Nixon resigned in disgrace, and was pardoned, which is why he had no convictions.
Discourse.net: Stopping the Rot in the US Justice System 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word disgrace
For some reason I love this word. There's something ironically graceful about it.
July 17, 2009