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Disgrace

Disgrace (disgrace)
n.(?; 277)
Dis*grace"
[F. disgrâce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grâce. 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.

Disgrace

Disgrace (disgrace)
v. t.
Dis*grace"
  1. To put out of 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.













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