'Disgrace' definitions:
Definition of 'disgrace'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy]
verb
Bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour, reward]
verb
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, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down]
verb
Damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" [syn: discredit, disgrace]
Definition of 'Disgrace'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Macduff lives in disgrace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. [1913 Webster]
- To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. --Bacon.
- Syn: Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disgrace'
From: GCIDE
- Disgrace \Dis*grace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing.] [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]
- 1. To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. [1913 Webster]
- Flatterers of the disgraced minister. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. [1913 Webster]
- Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- His ignorance disgraced him. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. [1913 Webster]
- The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. --Spenser.
- Syn: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disgrace'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abasement,
- abomination,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- belittle,
- belittling,
- besmirch,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blemish,
- blot,
- brand,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- burning shame,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- cast reproach upon,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- cry down,
- debase,
- debasement,
- debasing,
- decrial,
- decry,
- defame,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- defrock,
- degradation,
- degrade,
- deplume,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- derogate from,
- derogation,
- descent,
- desecration,
- detract from,
- detraction,
- dirty shame,
- disapproval,
- disapprove of,
- discredit,
- discrediting,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- displume,
- disrepute,
- dump,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- error,
- evil,
- faint praise,
- hangdog look,
- harm,
- hold in contempt,
- humble,
- humbled pride,
- humbling,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- impute shame to,
- indignity,
- infamy,
- iniquity,
- knavery,
- knock,
- knocking,
- let down,
- letdown,
- low-down dirty shame,
- lukewarm support,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- minimizing,
- mortification,
- mortify,
- obliquity,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- opprobrium,
- pity,
- profanation,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to shame,
- put-down,
- putting down,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reproach,
- reprobacy,
- run down,
- sacrilege,
- scandal,
- scandalize,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- sin,
- slight,
- slighting,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- sour grapes,
- speak ill of,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- submit to indignity,
- sully,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- terrible thing,
- unfrock,
- vilification,
- vilify,
- villainy,
- violation,
- vitiate,
- vitiation,
- wrong