disgrace

See also disgrâce

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Etymology

From Middle French disgracier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/
• (US) IPA: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, X-SAMPA: /dIs"gr\eIs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

disgrace (plural disgraces)

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; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
4. (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.

Related terms

• disgraceful
• disgraceless

Translations

condition of being out of favor

• Arabic: عار (ar) (3aar) m, خزي (ar) (khiziy) m
• Bulgarian: позор (bg) (pozor) m, безчестие (bg) (bezčestie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恥辱 (cmn), 耻辱 (cmn) (chǐrǔ), 恥 (cmn), 耻 (cmn) (chǐ), 辱 (cmn) (rǔ)

• Czech: ostuda (cs) f
• Finnish: epäsuosio (fi)
• French: honte (fr) f, disgrâce (fr) f, ignominie (fr) f
• German: Ungnade (de) f
• Greek: δυσμένεια (el) (dysméneia) f, όνειδος (el) (óneidos) m, ανυποληψία (el) (anypolipsía) f
• Icelandic: óvirðing (is) f

• Ido: deshonoro (io)
• Italian: vergogna (it)
• Japanese: 恥 (ja) (はじ, haji), 恥辱 (ja) (ちじょく, chijoku), 不名誉 (ja) (ふめいよ, fumeiyo)
• Korean: 치욕 (ko) (chiyok) (恥辱 (ko))
• Latin: ignominia (la)
• Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f
• Romanian: dizgrație (ro) f
• Russian: позор (ru) (pozór) m, бесчестие (ru) (besčéstije) n, срам (ru) (sram) m
• Spanish: desgracia (es) f
• Vietnamese: sỉ nhục (vi) (恥辱 (vi))

state of being dishonored

• German: Schande (de) f, Schmach (de) f
• Greek: ατίμωση (el) (atímosi) f

• Latin: infamia (la) f
• Romanian: rușine (ro) f

that which brings dishonor

• German: Schande (de) f, Schmach (de) f
• Greek: ντροπή (el) (ntropí) f, αίσχος (el) (aíschos) n

• Romanian: ocară (ro) f

Verb

disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces, present participle disgracing, simple past and past participle disgraced)

1. To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.

Translations

disrespect another

• Bulgarian: позоря (bg) (pozorja)
• Esperanto: malhonorigi (eo)
• Finnish: väheksyä (fi)
• Greek: ατιμάζω (el) (atimázo), ντροπιάζω (el) (ntropiázo), καταισχύνω (el) (kataischýno)
• Italian: disonorare (it)

• Romanian: dizgrația (ro)
• Russian: позорить (ru) (pozórit') impf., опозорить (ru) (opozórit') pf., бесчестить (ru) (besčéstit') impf., обесчестить (ru) (obesčéstit') pf., срамить (ru) (sramít') impf., осрамить (ru) (osramít') pf.

External links

• disgrace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• disgrace in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911