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disgrace

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
  • UK: /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/
  • US: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/
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  • rhymes with -eɪs
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Now she lives in disgrace.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishonor, ignominy

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone or something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An act of unkindness; a disfavor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discredit, disparage, humiliate, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, debase, defame, degrade, demean, demote, depress, disgrace, dishonour, downgrade, embase, give a bad name, humble, knock down to size, put someone in their place, reduce, relegate, sink, slur, trim down to size, whittle down to size

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a state of dishonor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • one mistake brought shame to all his family
  • suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shame, ignominy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dishonor, dishonour

Narrower terms: humiliation, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, reproach

7

verb

Meaning 7

damage the reputation of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This newspaper story discredits the politicians

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discredit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disparage, belittle, pick at

8

verb

Meaning 8

reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She tends to put down younger women colleagues
  • His critics took him down after the lecture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: take down, degrade, demean, put down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

Narrower terms: reduce, dehumanize, dehumanise

9

verb

Meaning 9

bring shame or dishonor upon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, attaint, shame

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: foul, befoul, defile, maculate

History

Etymology

From Middle French disgracier.

Across languages

Translations

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: turpërim — condition of being out of favor
  • Arabic: عَار (ʕār) — condition of being out of favor
  • Arabic: خِزْي (ḵizy) — condition of being out of favor
  • Arabic: خَزًى (ḵazan) — condition of being out of favor
  • Armenian: խայտառակություն (xaytaṙakutʻyun) — condition of being out of favor
  • Azerbaijani: rüsvay — condition of being out of favor
  • Belarusian: га́ньба (hánʹba) — condition of being out of favor
  • Belarusian: бясчэ́сце (bjasčéscje) — condition of being out of favor
  • Belarusian: бясчэ́сьце (bjasčésʹcje) — condition of being out of favor
  • Belarusian: со́рам (sóram) — condition of being out of favor
  • Bengali: অপমান (opoman) — condition of being out of favor
  • Bulgarian: позо́р (pozór) — condition of being out of favor
  • Bulgarian: срам (sram) — condition of being out of favor
  • Catalan: desgràcia — condition of being out of favor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恥辱 /耻辱 (chǐrǔ) — condition of being out of favor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恥 /耻 (chǐ) — condition of being out of favor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辱 (rǔ) — condition of being out of favor
  • Czech: ostuda — condition of being out of favor
  • Czech: hanba — condition of being out of favor
  • Danish: skændsel — condition of being out of favor
  • Danish: vanære — condition of being out of favor
  • Dutch: schande — condition of being out of favor
  • Estonian: häbi — condition of being out of favor
  • Finnish: häpeä — condition of being out of favor
  • Finnish: epäsuosio — condition of being out of favor
  • French: honte — condition of being out of favor
  • French: disgrâce — condition of being out of favor
  • French: ignominie — condition of being out of favor
  • Georgian: შერცხვენა (šercxvena) — condition of being out of favor
  • German: Ungnade — condition of being out of favor
  • German: Schande — condition of being out of favor
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 (idweit) — condition of being out of favor
  • Greek: δυσμένεια (dysméneia) — condition of being out of favor
  • Greek: όνειδος (óneidos) — condition of being out of favor
  • Greek: ανυποληψία (anypolipsía) — condition of being out of favor
  • Ancient Greek: αἰσχύνη (aiskhúnē) — condition of being out of favor
  • Hebrew: חֶרְפָּה (kherpá) — condition of being out of favor
  • Hindi: अपमान (apmān) — condition of being out of favor
  • Hungarian: kegyvesztettség — condition of being out of favor
  • Hungarian: szégyen — condition of being out of favor
  • Icelandic: óvirðing — condition of being out of favor
  • Ido: deshonoro — condition of being out of favor
  • Italian: vergogna — condition of being out of favor
  • Japanese: 恥 (haji) — condition of being out of favor
  • Japanese: 恥辱 (chijoku) — condition of being out of favor
  • Japanese: 不名誉 (fumeiyo) — condition of being out of favor
  • Kazakh: масқара (masqara) — condition of being out of favor
  • Korean: 치욕 (chiyok) — condition of being out of favor
  • Kyrgyz: маскара (maskara) — condition of being out of favor
  • Ladino: manziya — condition of being out of favor
  • Ladino: desgrasia — condition of being out of favor
  • Latin: dēdecus — condition of being out of favor
  • Latin: ignōminia — condition of being out of favor
  • Macedonian: срам (sram) — condition of being out of favor
  • Macedonian: срамота (sramota) — condition of being out of favor
  • Manx: anghoo — condition of being out of favor
  • Māori: māteatea — condition of being out of favor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vanære — condition of being out of favor
  • Church Slavic: срамъ (sramŭ) — condition of being out of favor
  • Church Slavic: ⱄⱃⰰⰿⱏ (sramŭ) — condition of being out of favor
  • Old East Slavic: соромъ (soromŭ) — condition of being out of favor
  • Old English: sċand — condition of being out of favor
  • Iranian Persian: فَضاحَت (fazâhat) — condition of being out of favor
  • Iranian Persian: رُسْوایی (rosvâyi) — condition of being out of favor
  • Iranian Persian: بَدْنامی (badnâmi) — condition of being out of favor
  • Plautdietsch: Schaund — condition of being out of favor
  • Polish: hańba — condition of being out of favor
  • Polish: sromota — condition of being out of favor
  • Portuguese: desgraça — condition of being out of favor
  • Romanian: dizgrație — condition of being out of favor
  • Russian: позо́р (pozór) — condition of being out of favor
  • Russian: бесче́стие (besčéstije) — condition of being out of favor
  • Russian: срам (sram) — condition of being out of favor
  • Russian: срамота́ (sramotá) — condition of being out of favor
  • Sanskrit: अपकीर्ति (apakīrti) — condition of being out of favor
  • Sanskrit: अकीर्ति (akīrti) — condition of being out of favor
  • Serbo-Croatian: срамо̀та — condition of being out of favor
  • Serbo-Croatian: sramòta — condition of being out of favor
  • Slovak: hanba — condition of being out of favor
  • Slovene: sramota — condition of being out of favor
  • Spanish: desgracia — condition of being out of favor
  • Swedish: skam — condition of being out of favor
  • Swedish: onåd — condition of being out of favor
  • Swedish: vanära — condition of being out of favor
  • Tajik: фазихат (fazixat) — condition of being out of favor
  • Tajik: фазоҳат (fazohat) — condition of being out of favor
  • Tajik: расвоӣ (rasvoyi) — condition of being out of favor
  • Tajik: иснод (isnod) — condition of being out of favor
  • Ukrainian: ганьба́ (hanʹbá) — condition of being out of favor
  • Ukrainian: со́ром (sórom) — condition of being out of favor
  • Urdu: رُسْوائی (rusvāī) — condition of being out of favor
  • Urdu: فَضاحَت (fazāhat) — condition of being out of favor
  • Urdu: بَدْنامی (badnāmī) — condition of being out of favor
  • Urdu: اَپْمان (apmān) — condition of being out of favor
  • Uzbek: sharmandalik — condition of being out of favor
  • Uzbek: uyat — condition of being out of favor
  • Uzbek: isnod — condition of being out of favor
  • Yiddish: שאַנד (shand) — condition of being out of favor
  • Armenian: խայտառակություն (xaytaṙakutʻyun) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Belarusian: га́ньба (hánʹba) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Belarusian: со́рам (sóram) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Bulgarian: позо́р (pozór) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Bulgarian: безче́стие (bezčéstie) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Bulgarian: срам (sram) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Czech: ponížení — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Czech: hanba — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Danish: vanære — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Danish: skam — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Danish: skændsel — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • German: Schande — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • German: Schmach — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Greek: ατίμωση (atímosi) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Ancient Greek: ἀτίμωσις (atímōsis) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Hungarian: szégyen — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Hungarian: gyalázat — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Irish: míchlú — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Italian: infamia — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Italian: ignominia — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Latin: infamia — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Malayalam: മാനക്കേട് (mānakkēṭŭ) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Manx: anghoo — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Māori: māteatea — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Middle English: dishoneste — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skam — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Old English: ǣwisċ — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Plautdietsch: Schaund — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Romanian: rușine — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Russian: позо́р (pozór) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Tamil: அவமானம் (avamāṉam) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Tamil: களங்கம் (kaḷaṅkam) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Ottoman Turkish: رذالت (rezâlet) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Ukrainian: ганьба́ (hanʹbá) — state of being dishonored or covered with shame
  • Armenian: խայտառակություն (xaytaṙakutʻyun) — that which brings dishonor
  • Bulgarian: позор (pozor) — that which brings dishonor
  • Czech: ponižování — that which brings dishonor
  • Czech: ostouzení — that which brings dishonor
  • Danish: skændsel — that which brings dishonor
  • Dutch: blamage — that which brings dishonor
  • Finnish: häpeä — that which brings dishonor
  • Galician: deshonra — that which brings dishonor
  • German: Schande — that which brings dishonor
  • German: Schmach — that which brings dishonor
  • German: Blamage — that which brings dishonor
  • German: Peinlichkeit — that which brings dishonor
  • Greek: ντροπή (ntropí) — that which brings dishonor
  • Greek: αίσχος (aíschos) — that which brings dishonor
  • Greek: όνειδος (óneidos) — that which brings dishonor
  • Hungarian: szégyen — that which brings dishonor
  • Hungarian: szégyenteljes dolog — that which brings dishonor
  • Hungarian: szégyenfolt — that which brings dishonor
  • Hungarian: csúfság — that which brings dishonor
  • Latin: flāgitium — that which brings dishonor
  • Latin: dēdecus — that which brings dishonor
  • Malayalam: അപമാനം (apamānaṁ) — that which brings dishonor
  • Middle English: dishoneste — that which brings dishonor
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skam — that which brings dishonor
  • Romanian: ocară — that which brings dishonor
  • Spanish: baldón — that which brings dishonor
  • Swedish: blamage — that which brings dishonor
  • Bulgarian: позоря́ (pozorjá) — bring shame upon
  • Bulgarian: засра́мвам (zasrámvam) — bring shame upon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羞辱 (xiūrǔ) — bring shame upon
  • Czech: ponižovat — bring shame upon
  • Czech: ostouzet — bring shame upon
  • Czech: zostudit — bring shame upon
  • Danish: bringe skam over — bring shame upon
  • Danish: vanære — bring shame upon
  • Dutch: beschamen — bring shame upon
  • Esperanto: malhonorigi — bring shame upon
  • Finnish: häpäistä — bring shame upon
  • Finnish: väheksyä — bring shame upon
  • Galician: deshonrar — bring shame upon
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (gaaiwiskōn) — bring shame upon
  • Greek: ατιμάζω (atimázo) — bring shame upon
  • Greek: ντροπιάζω (ntropiázo) — bring shame upon
  • Greek: καταισχύνω (kataischýno) — bring shame upon
  • Ancient Greek: αἰσχύνω (aiskhúnō) — bring shame upon
  • Ido: desfavorizar — bring shame upon
  • Ingrian: hävätä — bring shame upon
  • Irish: adhnáirigh — bring shame upon
  • Italian: disonorare — bring shame upon
  • Latin: dehonestō — bring shame upon
  • Māori: tīkai — bring shame upon
  • Māori: whakatīkai — bring shame upon
  • Māori: tokoreko — bring shame upon
  • Māori: whakatautauhea — bring shame upon
  • Pohnpeian: kandowe — bring shame upon
  • Polish: kompromitować — bring shame upon
  • Polish: skompromitować — bring shame upon
  • Romanian: dizgrația — bring shame upon
  • Russian: позо́рить (pozóritʹ) — bring shame upon
  • Russian: опозо́рить (opozóritʹ) — bring shame upon
  • Russian: бесче́стить (besčéstitʹ) — bring shame upon
  • Russian: обесче́стить (obesčéstitʹ) — bring shame upon
  • Russian: срами́ть (sramítʹ) — bring shame upon
  • Russian: осрами́ть (osramítʹ) — bring shame upon
  • Spanish: deshonrar — bring shame upon
  • Spanish: desgraciar — bring shame upon
  • Telugu: అవమానించు (avamāniñcu) — bring shame upon
  • Vietnamese: thất sủng — bring shame upon
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