disgrace
See also: disgrâce
English
Etymology
From Middle French disgracier.
Pronunciation
Noun
disgrace (countable and uncountable, plural disgraces)
- The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth Act 3
- Macduff lives in disgrace.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth Act 3
- The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame
- (countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of shame or reproach; great discredit
- 1853, Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave
- Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgrace—that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it,
- His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men
- 1853, Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave
- (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
- 1884, Francis Bacon, Of Ambition
- the interchange continually of favours and disgraces
- 1884, Francis Bacon, Of Ambition
Synonyms
- misgrace (far less common)
Related terms
Translations
condition of being out of favor
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state of being dishonored
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that which brings dishonor
Verb
disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces, present participle disgracing, simple past and past participle disgraced)
- To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.
Translations
disrespect another
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Further reading
- disgrace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- disgrace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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