disgrace : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disgrace	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for disgrace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disgrace n a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" Synonym(s): shame, disgrace, ignominy v bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" Synonym(s): dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame Antonym(s): honor, honour, reward reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" Synonym(s): take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" Synonym(s): discredit, disgrace
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disgrace \Disgrace"\ (?; 277), n. [F. disgr[83]ce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + gr[83]ce. See {Grace}.] 1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. --Shak. 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet? --Shak. 3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace* to a rational being. 4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. --Bacon. Syn: Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disgrace \Dis*grace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disgraced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disgracing}.] [Cf. F. disgracier. See {Disgrace}, n.] 1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor. Flatterers of the disgraced minister. --Macaulay. Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. --J. Morley. 2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. --Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. --Johnson. 3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. --Spenser. Syn: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.