DISGRACE

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak.

2.
n.

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.
n.

That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.

4.
n.

An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.

5.
v.

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.

6.
v.

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.

7.
v.

To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.


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