disgrace en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/ (US)
- /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French disgracier.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe?
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 143:
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
Now she lives in disgrace.
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(countable) Someone or something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
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, and that I should go into the cotton field no more.
1853, Solomon Northup, chapter XIII, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 179:His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.
"You are," said Uncle Tinfish, when he recovered the power of speech, "a disgrace, sir, A DIS-GRACE!" The curate merely confirmed Uncle Tinfish's power of divination by a groan.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 162:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
As for the pulling of them [ambitious men] downe, if the Affaires require it, and that it may not be done with ſafety ſuddainly, the onely Way is, the Enterchange, continually of Fauours, and Diſgraces, whereby they may not know, what to expect; And be, as it were, in a Wood.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Ambition. XXXVI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 221:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disgraces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
disgraceless · disgraceful · disgracive
Synonyms
dishonor · misgrace · ignominy
Translations (161)
kk масқара (condition of being out of favor) · tg фазоҳат (condition of being out of favor) · got 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 (condition of being out of favor) · de Peinlichkeit (that which brings dishonor) · et häbi (condition of being out of favor) · enm dishoneste (that which brings dishonor) · es desgracia (condition of being out of favor) · de Blamage (that which brings dishonor) · it ignominia (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · da skændsel (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · sl sramota (condition of being out of favor) · de Ungnade (condition of being out of favor) · ur فَضاحَت (condition of being out of favor) · sq turpërim (condition of being out of favor) · sa अपकीर्ति (condition of being out of favor) · el όνειδος (condition of being out of favor) · ko 치욕 (condition of being out of favor) · ur رُسْوائی (condition of being out of favor) · nb vanære (condition of being out of favor) · ro rușine (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · yi שאַנד (condition of being out of favor) · nl schande (condition of being out of favor) · ja 不名誉 (condition of being out of favor) · ca desgràcia (condition of being out of favor) · ga míchlú (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · sh sramòta (condition of being out of favor) · el ατίμωση (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · nl blamage (that which brings dishonor) · grc αἰσχύνη (condition of being out of favor) · cu ⱄⱃⰰⰿⱏ (condition of being out of favor) · bn অপমান (condition of being out of favor) · gv anghoo (condition of being out of favor) · ta அவமானம் (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · uz uyat (condition of being out of favor) · cs hanba (condition of being out of favor) · bg безче́стие (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · hu szégyenfolt (that which brings dishonor) · gv anghoo (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · enm dishoneste (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · pl sromota (condition of being out of favor) · de Schande (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · ru позо́р (condition of being out of favor) · pt desgraça (condition of being out of favor) · ka შერცხვენა (condition of being out of favor) · el ανυποληψία (condition of being out of favor) · cmn 恥辱 /耻辱 (condition of being out of favor) · be бясчэ́сце (condition of being out of favor) · ta களங்கம் (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · nb skam (that which brings dishonor) · ro dizgrație (condition of being out of favor) · ur بَدْنامی (condition of being out of favor) · cmn 辱 (condition of being out of favor) · sh срамо̀та (condition of being out of favor) · bg срам (condition of being out of favor) · lad manziya (condition of being out of favor) · hu szégyenteljes dolog (that which brings dishonor) · it vergogna (condition of being out of favor) · ru позо́р (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · cs ponížení (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · el αίσχος (that which brings dishonor) · la dēdecus (condition of being out of favor) · la infamia (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · da vanære (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · el ντροπή (that which brings dishonor) · tg иснод (condition of being out of favor) · az rüsvay (condition of being out of favor) · fa-ira رُسْوایی (condition of being out of favor) · io deshonoro (condition of being out of favor) · sv skam (condition of being out of favor) · es baldón (that which brings dishonor) · tg расвоӣ (condition of being out of favor) · hy խայտառակություն (that which brings dishonor) · bg позо́р (condition of being out of favor) · ro ocară (that which brings dishonor) · fi häpeä (condition of being out of favor) · mk срамота (condition of being out of favor) · da skam (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · grc ἀτίμωσις (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · ota رذالت (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · uz sharmandalik (condition of being out of favor) · hu szégyen (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · cs ponižování (that which brings dishonor) · be бясчэ́сьце (condition of being out of favor) · ky маскара (condition of being out of favor) · ml മാനക്കേട് (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · fr disgrâce (condition of being out of favor) · ru срам (condition of being out of favor) · ar عَار (condition of being out of favor) · fr ignominie (condition of being out of favor) · da skændsel (condition of being out of favor) · be га́ньба (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · bg срам (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · be со́рам (condition of being out of favor) · uk со́ром (condition of being out of favor) · de Schmach (that which brings dishonor) · fi häpeällisyys (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · sa अकीर्ति (condition of being out of favor) · el όνειδος (that which brings dishonor) · da vanære (condition of being out of favor) · ja 恥辱 (condition of being out of favor) · la ignōminia (condition of being out of favor) · pl hańba (condition of being out of favor) · fi epäsuosio (condition of being out of favor) · uk ганьба́ (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · mi māteatea (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · mi māteatea (condition of being out of favor) · cs hanba (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · sv onåd (condition of being out of favor) · ur اَپْمان (condition of being out of favor) · de Schmach (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · cmn 恥 /耻 (condition of being out of favor) · sv blamage (that which brings dishonor) · uz isnod (condition of being out of favor) · he חֶרְפָּה (condition of being out of favor) · cu срамъ (condition of being out of favor) · hu csúfság (that which brings dishonor) · gl deshonra (that which brings dishonor) · hu gyalázat (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · sk hanba (condition of being out of favor) · ang sċand (condition of being out of favor) · lad desgrasia (condition of being out of favor) · be со́рам (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · ru срамота́ (condition of being out of favor) · fi häpeä (that which brings dishonor) · sv vanära (condition of being out of favor) · ja 恥 (condition of being out of favor) · el δυσμένεια (condition of being out of favor) · hy խայտառակություն (condition of being out of favor) · ang ǣwisċ (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · hy խայտառակություն (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · ar خَزًى (condition of being out of favor) · pdt Schaund (condition of being out of favor) · tg фазихат (condition of being out of favor) · it infamia (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · da skændsel (that which brings dishonor) · uk ганьба́ (condition of being out of favor) · de Schande (condition of being out of favor) · hu kegyvesztettség (condition of being out of favor) · pdt Schaund (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · hi अपमान (condition of being out of favor) · fa-ira فَضاحَت (condition of being out of favor) · fr honte (condition of being out of favor) · fa-ira بَدْنامی (condition of being out of favor) · bg позо́р (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · cs ostouzení (that which brings dishonor) · mk срам (condition of being out of favor) · nb skam (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · orv соромъ (condition of being out of favor) · pl hańba (state of being dishonored or covered with shame) · ru бесче́стие (condition of being out of favor) · ml അപമാനം (that which brings dishonor) · hu szégyen (condition of being out of favor) · la flāgitium (that which brings dishonor) · is óvirðing (condition of being out of favor) · cs ostuda (condition of being out of favor) · de Schande (that which brings dishonor) · la dēdecus (that which brings dishonor) · hu szégyen (that which brings dishonor) · be га́ньба (condition of being out of favor) · ar خِزْي (condition of being out of favor) · bg позор (that which brings dishonor)