disgrace

UK: /dɪsˈgreɪs/ US: /dɪsˈgreɪs/ ,(dis grās′)

Inflections of 'disgrace' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

disgraces

v 3rd person singular

disgracing

v pres p

disgraced

v past

disgraced

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•grace /dɪsˈgreɪs/   n., v., -graced, -grac•ing. 
n. 

1. the loss of respect or honor;
   ignominy:
   [uncountable] He had to resign in disgrace.
2. [countable* usually singular] a person, act, or thing that causes shame.

v. [~ + object]

3. to bring or reflect shame or dishonor upon:
   She disgraced herself by passing out at the party.
4. to dismiss with discredit:
   to be disgraced at court.

dis•grace•ful, adj.: 

disgraceful manners.

dis•grace•ful•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•grace  (dis grās′), n., v., -graced, -grac•ing. 
n. 

1. the loss of respect, honor, or esteem;
   ignominy;
   shame:
   the disgrace of criminals.
2. a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful.
3. the state of being out of favor;
   exclusion from favor, confidence, or trust:
   courtiers and ministers in disgrace.

v.t. 

4. to bring or reflect shame or reproach upon:
   to be disgraced by cowardice.
5. to dismiss with discredit;
   put out of grace or favor;
   rebuke or humiliate:
   to be disgraced at court.

• Italian disgraziare, derivative of disgrazia
• Middle French disgracier
• Latin gratia (see grace); (verb, verbal)
• Italian disgrazia, equivalent. to dis- dis-¹ + grazia
• Middle French
• (noun, nominal) 1540–50

dis•grac′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. disapproval, disapprobation, notoriety, taint.
  Disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, infamy imply a very low position in the opinion of others.
  Disgrace implies the disfavor of others:
  to be in disgrace.
  Dishonor implies a stain on honor or honorable reputation; it relates esp. to the person's own conduct:
  He preferred death to dishonor.
  Ignominy is disgrace in which one's situation invites contempt:
  the ignominy of being discovered cheating.
  Infamy is shameful notoriety, or baseness of action or character that is widely known and recognized:
  The children never outlived the father's infamy.
• 3. disfavor, odium, obloquy.
• 4. dishonor, defame, stain, sully, taint.
• 5. degrade, disapprove.

Antonyms

• 1. honor.

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disgrace / dɪsˈɡreɪs/ noun

1. a condition of shame, loss of reputation, or dishonour
2. a shameful person, thing, or state of affairs
3. exclusion from confidence or trust: he is in disgrace with his father

verb (transitive)

1. to bring shame upon; be a discredit to
2. to treat or cause to be treated with disfavour