disgrace

See also: disgrâce

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French disgracier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/
• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

disgrace (countable and uncountable, plural disgraces)

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth Act 3

     Macduff lives in disgrace.

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame

   Now she lives in disgrace.

   Synonyms: dishonor, shame, ignominy

3. (countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of shame or reproach; great discredit
   • 1853, Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave

     Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgrace—that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it,

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

4. (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
   • 1884, Francis Bacon, Of Ambition:

     the interchange continually of favours and disgraces

Synonyms

• misgrace (far less common)

Related terms

• disgraceful
• disgraceless

Translations

condition of being out of favor

• Arabic: عَار m (ʕār), خِزْي m (ḵizy), خَزًى m (ḵazan)
• Armenian: խայտառակություն (hy) (xaytaṙakutʻyun)
• Belarusian: га́ньба f (hánʹba), бясчэ́сце n (bjasčéscje), со́рам m (sóram)
• Bulgarian: позо́р (bg) m (pozór)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: ostuda (cs) f, hanba (cs) f
• Danish: skændsel (da) c
• Estonian: häbi
• Finnish: häpeä (fi), epäsuosio
• French: honte (fr) f, disgrâce (fr) f, ignominie (fr) f
• German: Ungnade f, Schande (de) f
• Greek: δυσμένεια (el) f (dysméneia), όνειδος (el) m (óneidos), ανυποληψία (el) f (anypolipsía)

  Ancient: αἰσχῡ́νη f (aiskhū́nē)

• Icelandic: óvirðing (is) f
• Ido: deshonoro (io)
• Italian: vergogna (it)
• Japanese: 恥 (ja) (はじ, haji), 恥辱 (ちじょく, chijoku), 不名誉 (ja) (ふめいよ, fumeiyo)
• Kazakh: масқара (masqara)
• Korean: 치욕 (ko) (chiyok) (恥辱 (ko))
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• Kyrgyz: маскара (maskara)
• Latin: dēdecus m, ignominia
• Macedonian: срам m (sram), срамота f (sramota)
• Maori: māteatea
• Persian: فضاحت (fa) (fazâhat)
• Polish: hańba (pl) f, sromota (pl) f
• Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f
• Romanian: dizgrație (ro) f
• Russian: позо́р (ru) m (pozór), бесче́стие (ru) n (besčéstije), срам (ru) m (sram), срамота́ (ru) f (sramotá)
• Sanskrit: अपकीर्ति (sa) f (apakīrti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: срамота f

  Roman: sramota (sh) f

• Slovak: hanba (sk) f
• Slovene: sramota (sl) f
• Spanish: desgracia (es) f
• Swedish: skam (sv) c, onåd c
• Ukrainian: ганьба́ (uk) f (hanʹbá), со́ром m (sórom)
• Vietnamese: sỉ nhục (vi) (恥辱)

state of being dishonored

• Armenian: խայտառակություն (hy) (xaytaṙakutʻyun)
• Belarusian: ганьба́ f (hanʹbá), со́рам m (sóram)
• Bulgarian: позо́р (bg) m (pozór), безче́стие (bg) n (bezčéstie), срам (bg) m (sram)
• Czech: ponížení n, hanba (cs) f
• Danish: vanære c, skam (da) c, skændsel (da) c
• German: Schande (de) f, Schmach (de) f
• Greek: ατίμωση (el) f (atímosi)

  Ancient: αἰσχῡ́νη f (aiskhū́nē)

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• Hungarian: szégyen (hu)
• Italian: infamia (it) f, ignominia (it) f
• Latin: infamia f
• Maori: māteatea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skam (no) m or f

• Romanian: rușine (ro) f
• Russian: позо́р (ru) m (pozór)
• Ukrainian: ганьба́ (uk) f (hanʹbá)

that which brings dishonor

• Armenian: խայտառակություն (hy) (xaytaṙakutʻyun)
• Czech: ponižování n, ostouzení n
• Danish: skændsel (da) c
• Finnish: häpeä (fi)
• German: Schande (de) f, Schmach (de) f, Blamage (de) f, Peinlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: ντροπή (el) f (ntropí), αίσχος (el) n (aíschos), όνειδος (el) n (óneidos)
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• Latin: flāgitium n, dēdecus n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skam (no) m or f

• Romanian: ocară (ro) f
• Spanish: baldón (es) m

Verb

1. (transitive) To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.

Translations

bring shame upon

• Bulgarian: позоря (bg) (pozorja)
• Czech: ponižovat (cs) impf, ostouzet (cs) impf, zostudit pf
• Danish: bringe skam over, vanære
• Esperanto: malhonorigi
• Finnish: häpäistä (fi), väheksyä (fi)
• Greek: ατιμάζω (el) (atimázo), ντροπιάζω (el) (ntropiázo), καταισχύνω (kataischýno)

  Ancient: αἰσχύνω (aiskhúnō)

• Ido: desfavorizar (io)
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• Irish: adhnáirigh
• Italian: disonorare (it)
• Latin: dehonestō
• Maori: tīkai, whakatīkai, tokoreko, whakatautauhea
• Romanian: dizgrația (ro)
• Russian: позо́рить (ru) impf (pozóritʹ), опозо́рить (ru) pf (opozóritʹ), бесче́стить (ru) impf (besčéstitʹ), обесче́стить (ru) pf (obesčéstitʹ), срами́ть (ru) impf (sramítʹ), осрами́ть (ru) pf (osramítʹ)
• Spanish: deshonrar (es)
• Telugu: అవమానించు (te) (avamāniñcu)

Further reading

• “disgrace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “disgrace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.