Crossword clues for disgrace
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disgrace \Dis*grace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing.] [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
Disgrace \Dis*grace"\ (?; 277), n. [F. disgr[^a]ce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + gr[^a]ce. See Grace.]
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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Macduff lives in disgrace.
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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. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "disfigure," from Middle French disgracier (16c.), from Italian disgraziare, from disgrazia "misfortune, deformity," from dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + grazia "grace" (see grace). Meaning "bring shame upon" is from 1590s. Related: Disgraced; disgracing. The noun is 1580s, from Middle French disgrace (16c.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. 2 The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. 3 That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being. 4 (context obsolete English) An act of unkindness; a disfavor. vb. To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.
WordNet
n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, ignominy]
v. bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor]
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, degrade, demean, put down]
damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" [syn: discredit]
Wikipedia
Disgrace is a novel by J. M. Coetzee, published in 1999. It won the Booker Prize. The writer was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature four years after its publication.
Disgrace is a 2008 Australian film based on J. M. Coetzee's novel of the same name. It was adapted for the screen by Anna Maria Monticelli and directed by her husband Steve Jacobs. Starring American actor John Malkovich and South African newcomer Jessica Haines, it tells the story of a South African university professor in the post- apartheid era who moves to his daughter's Eastern Cape farm when his affair with a student costs him his position. It received generally positive reviews.
Disgrace'' (Czech:Hanba'' German:Die Schande) is a 1929 Czech-German silent film directed by Josef Medeotti-Bohác and starring Jindrich Lhoták, Carl de Vogt and Ita Rina.
The film's art direction was by Alois Mecera.
Usage examples of "disgrace".
He would not even point out to Victoria the strange minaret of the Abadite mosque at Berryan, which tapered like a brown obelisk against the shimmering sky, for to him its very existence was a disgrace.
For Adams, who had argued emphatically at Paris for full repayment of American debt and had never deviated from that view, American reluctance, or inability, to make good on its obligations was a disgrace and politically a great mistake.
The disgraced Prime Designate brought three times as many guard kithmen with him as the Adar could possibly have hoped to fight off, especially now that he felt disconnected from the strong foundation of thism.
Although, no doubt, many of the ecclesiastics of the time were a disgrace to their profession, as in former days was William of Ledbury, who was prior of Malvern, yet there were good Catholics as well as good Lollards, and I instanced Prior Alcock, who even then was engaged in the rebuilding of Little Malvern Priory, and I thought people should be allowed to worship God in their own fashion without being considered sinful.
He justly observes, that in the recent changes, both religions had been alternately disgraced by the seeming acquisition of worthless proselytes, of those votaries of the reigning purple, who could pass, without a reason, and without a blush, from the church to the temple, and from the altars of Jupiter to the sacred table of the Christians.
Sir Alured did not see the unfortunate young woman who had disgraced herself by so wretched a marriage.
Cincinnatus at length having prayed to the immortal gods, that his old age might not prove a detriment or disgrace to the republic at so dangerous a juncture, is appointed dictator by the consul: he himself then appoints Caius Servilius Ahala his master of the horse.
Calamity rolled from her bed and staggered to the door of the room, opened it and made a hurried dash down the back stairs, out into the cold chill air of the morning, racing for the backhouse and hoping she would make it in time to prevent disgracing herself.
He would have gone to jail for a long time if the company had found out, and his very churchgoing wife would have been disgraced.
He had learned to climb as a guide climbs and atoned for the disgrace of the Wunderhorn.
The literature of the Cocceian controversy abounds in as violent and harsh expressions as have disgraced theological history at any time.
The Pagans of the West, without contributing to the elevation of Eugenius, disgraced, by their partial attachment, the cause and character of the usurper.
Nenita, moreover, rather than fading away in disgrace became a model for counterinsurgent organization in the 1960s.
And then the question became more personal as against Miss Dunstable, and inquiry was urged whether the county would not be indelibly disgraced if it were not only handed over to a woman, but handed over to a woman who sold the oil of Lebanon.
Gowron eventually became chancellor, Duras died in disgrace, and the House of Kular reaped the benefits.