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Definition of disgrace :
1. An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
2. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
3. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
4. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
5. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.
6. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
7. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
Synonyms:
record, drop off, rape, tear down, note, get down, put-down, ignominy, let down, place down, esteem, cast down, disesteem, praise, set down, bring low, dismantle, opprobrium, abasement, violate, raze, pity, bring down, degradation, outrage, blemish, stain, slight, obloquy, slander, disfavor, enter, level, assault, disapprobation, culpability, ravish, unload, repose, brand, pride, discharge, disbelieve, write down, take down, cheapen, disrespect, respect, drop, bad odor, destroy, sink, scandal, tarnish, bad name, stigma, credit, discredit, turpitude, rase, pull down, contumely, pollution, notoriety, venality, attaint, reproach, depress, ill repute, demean, disapproval, lay, honor, infamy, humble, meanness, taint, lower, spot, reduce, slur, dishonour, land, blot, disrepute, abuse, corruption, debase, odium
abase (part of speech: verb)
malign, dishonor, mock, shame, degrade, embarrass, defame, abase
ridicule (part of speech: noun)
fun, abasement burlesque, indignity, ridicule, mockery, joke, denigration, jesting, roast, contempt, caricature, humiliation, sneering, flippancy, taunt, irony, scorn, travesty, deprecation, derision, insult, irreverence
shame (part of speech: verb)
humiliate, scandalize, debunk, vilify, pillory, expose, discomfit, stigmatize, ostracize, show up
evil (part of speech: noun)
evil, abomination, heinousness, reprehensibleness, repellency, offensiveness, bane, nefariousness, repulsiveness, badness, atrocity, foulness, sinisterness, detriment, terribleness, mischief, sinfulness, wickedness, calamitousness, damnation, hideousness, monstrosity
Usage examples:
- Then, however much I should regret your disgrace, I warn you that I should cut you dead, and take your money." - "An Artist in Crime", Rodrigues Ottolengui.
- He now was terribly cast down at his disgrace, and made no secret of his intention of making away with himself. - "Plutarch's Lives Volume III.", Plutarch.
- Will you bring disgrace on that little grave? - "The Marriage of William Ashe", Mrs. Humphry Ward.