disgrace

(dĭs-grās')
n.

1. Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame.
2. The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
3. One that brings disfavor or discredit: Your handwriting is a disgrace.

tr.v., -graced, -grac·ing, -grac·es.

1. To bring shame or dishonor on: disgraced the entire community.
2. To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor: The family was disgraced by the scandal.

[French disgrâce, from Italian disgrazia : dis-, not (from Latin; see dis-) + grazia, favor (from Latin grātia , from grātus, pleasing).]

disgracer dis·grac'er n.

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noun

Loss of or damage to one's reputation: bad name, bad odor, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame. See respect/contempt/standing.

verb

To damage in reputation: discredit, dishonor, shame. Idioms: be a reproach to. See respect/contempt/standing.

n

Definition: state of shame; bad reputation
Antonyms: esteem, exaltation, honor, respect

v

Definition: bring shame upon
Antonyms: esteem, exalt, honor, respect

IN BRIEF: A loss of respect.

It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity. — George Matthew Adams.

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Quotes:

"She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit." - Oscar Wilde

"Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word." - Thomas Haynes Bayly

For a list of words related to disgrace, see:

• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - disgrace: (vb) humiliate; cause to lose favor; bring shame upon

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  See crossword solutions for the clue Disgrace.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vanære, skam, skandale
v. tr. - vanære, bringe skam over, sende i unåde, fratage ærefuld position

Nederlands (Dutch)
te schande maken, schande, blamage

Français (French)
n. - honte, déshonneur, disgrâce, défaveur
v. tr. - déshonorer, couvrir de honte/d'opprobre (littér)

Deutsch (German)
v. - Schande bringen über
n. - Schande, Blamage, Ungnade

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ντροπιάζω, ατιμάζω, ρεζιλεύω
n. - δυσμένεια, ατίμωση, όνειδος, αίσχος, εξευτελισμός, ντροπή (κν. ρεζιλίκι)

Italiano (Italian)
disonorare, disonore, onta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desgraçar
n. - desgraça (f)

Русский (Russian)
позорить, бесчестие, позор

Español (Spanish)
n. - deshonra, vergüenza, oprobio
v. tr. - deshonrar, desacreditar, deshonor

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vanhedra
n. - vanära

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
耻辱, 丢脸的人, 失宠, 使丢脸, 使蒙受耻辱, 贬黜, 使失宠

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 恥辱, 丟臉的人, 失寵
v. tr. - 使丟臉, 使蒙受恥辱, 貶黜, 使失寵

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 치욕, 부끄럼, 인기 없음
v. tr. - (명성을) 훼손하다, 치욕이 되다, 파직하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不名誉, 恥となるもの
v. - 恥となる, 辱める, 失脚させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخزي, يلحق به خزيا أو عارا, يطرد ( منصب أو سلطه) (الاسم) خزي, عار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בושה, חרפה‬
v. tr. - ‮בייש, המיט חרפה על‬

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