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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Disgrace

/dĭs-grās'/ · Dis·grace · IPA /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
01 n. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
  1. 1.
    The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
    “Macduff lives in disgrace.” — Shak.
  2. 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?” — Shak.
  3. 3.
    That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
  4. 4.
    An act of unkindness; a disfavor.[Obs.]
    “The interchange continually of favors and disgraces.” — Bacon.
Syn. Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.
02 v. t. To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing
  1. 1.
    To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
    “Flatterers of the disgraced minister.” — Macaulay.
    “Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed.” — J. Morley.
  2. 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.” — Pope.
    “His ignorance disgraced him.” — Johnson.
  3. 3.
    To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
    “The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace.” — Spenser.
Syn. To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.