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May 30, 2012 · 1. : to be a source of shame to. Your actions disgraced the family. 2. : to cause to lose favor (see favor entry 1 sense 1a (2)) or standing. was disgraced by the hint of scandal. 3. archaic : to humiliate by a superior showing. thy whiteness … shall disgrace the swan Robert Browning.
to be so bad or unacceptable that you make people lose respect for the group or activity you are connected to: You're a disgrace (to the family) - what a way to behave! Fans like these are a disgrace to our country. What he did was outrageous. He's a disgrace to the medical profession.
Synonyms for DISGRACED: humiliated, discredited, embarrassed, shamed, humbled, dishonored, degraded, confused; Antonyms of DISGRACED: exalted, elevated, honored, celebrated, praised, deified, decorated, recognized.
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See Definitions and Examples. Synonyms for DISGRACE: shame, contempt, humiliation, ignominy, disrepute, dishonor, infamy, discredit; Antonyms of DISGRACE: respect, honor, esteem, regard, fear, admiration, appreciation, estimation.
- Some common synonyms of disgrace are dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, and infamy. While all these words mean "the state or condition of suffering los...
- While in some cases nearly identical to disgrace, dishonor emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem. // preferr...
- In some situations, the words disrepute and disgrace are roughly equivalent. However, disrepute stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring o...
- The synonyms ignominy and disgrace are sometimes interchangeable, but ignominy stresses humiliation. // the ignominy of being arrested
- The words infamy and disgrace can be used in similar contexts, but infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame. // a day that lives...
a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful. the state of being out of favor; exclusion from favor, confidence, or trust: courtiers and ministers in disgrace. Synonyms: obloquy, odium, disfavor.
adjective. uk / dɪsˈɡreɪst / us / dɪsˈɡreɪst / Add to word list. having lost people's respect because of bad behaviour that has been made public: a disgraced politician. Any athlete caught cheating would be so disgraced, it wouldn't be worth it. See. disgrace. Fewer examples. The disgraced former CEO could not find a publisher for his memoirs.
Think of disgrace as a kind of fall from grace — it’s what happens when you do something that causes you to lose favor or damages your reputation. You could disgrace yourself by losing your tennis match badly, or you could disgrace yourself by cheating on an exam. Definitions of disgrace. noun. a state of dishonor.
