n. | 1. | The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. |
2. | The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. | |
3. | That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; | |
4. | An act of unkindness; a disfavor. | |
v. t. | 1. | To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. |
2. | To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. | |
3. | To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. |
Noun | 1. | disgrace - a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" |
Verb | 1. | disgrace - bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" |
2. | disgrace - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" | |
3. | disgrace - damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" Synonyms: discredit |
DISGRACE. Ignominy, shame, dishonor. No witness is required to disgrace himself. 13 How. St. Tr. 17, 334; 16 How. St. Tr. 161. Vide Crimination; To Degrade.
To dream that you have been disgraced, signifies that you have a low moral character and are lowering your reputation even more. To dream that you are worried about the disgraceful conducts of others, symbolizes your unsatisfying hopes and pestering worries that continue to hover over your head.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, error, evil, faint praise, hangdog look, harm, hold in contempt, humble, humbled pride, humbling, 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, mortify, obliquity, obloquy, opprobrium, pity, profanation, put down, put out, put to shame, put-down, putting down, reflect discredit upon, reproach, reprobacy, run down, sacrilege, scandalize, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setdown, 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