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Disgrace   /dɪsgrˈeɪs/   Listen
noun
Disgrace  n.  
1.
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. "Macduff lives in disgrace."
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?"
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."
Synonyms: Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.


verb
Disgrace  v. t.  (past & past part. disgraced; pres. part. disgracing)  
1.
To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. "Flatterers of the disgraced minister." "Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed."
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." "His ignorance disgraced him."
3.
To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. "The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace."
Synonyms: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.





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"Disgrace" Quotes from Famous Books



... but never open your lips to a lie. Show no man the contents of your purse—he would either despise you for having so little, or try to relieve you of the burden of carrying so much. Above all, never get into debt, and never fall in love. The first is disgrace, and the last is the devil! Respect yourself, if you wish others to respect you; and bear in mind that the world takes you at your own estimate. To dress well is a duty one owes to society. The ...
— In the Days of My Youth • Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
... Files-on-Parade. "'E's drinkin' bitter beer alone", the Colour-Sergeant said. They are hangin' Danny Deever, you must mark 'im to 'is place, For 'e shot a comrade sleepin' — you must look 'im in the face; Nine 'undred of 'is county an' the regiment's disgrace, While they're hangin' ...
— Verses 1889-1896 • Rudyard Kipling
... deep, sighing breath. Her eyes were dark with anguish. Yet she forced a gay little laugh. "Aren't we solemn sociologists! All we are concerned with is that he has won his way up, and there's no one ever to drag him down or disgrace him; and—and you won't be jealous if I set him up on a pedestal and bring incense to him on ...
— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet
... unembellished, too, for no embellishment is needed, as all my sketches are from the life. The incidents will not be found to be consecutive, but set down as certain scenes occur to my recollection—heedless of order, style, or system. Each is a record of shame, suffering, destitution and disgrace. I have all my life stood without and gazed longingly through gateways which relentlessly barred me from the light and warmth and glory, which, though never for me, was shining beyond. From the day that consciousness came to me in ...
— Fifteen Years in Hell • Luther Benson
... moppet," she said when the stout Quaker had ridden away, as she caught the little girl's hand in hers and gave her a swing, "what didst thou do that thou wert sent home in disgrace?" ...
— A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia • Amanda Minnie Douglas


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