noun
- the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful.
- the state of being out of favor; exclusion from favor, confidence, or trust: courtiers and ministers in disgrace.
verb (used with object), dis·graced, dis·grac·ing.
- to bring or reflect shame or reproach upon: to be disgraced by cowardice.
- to dismiss with discredit; put out of grace or favor; rebuke or humiliate: to be disgraced at court.
noun
- a condition of shame, loss of reputation, or dishonour
- a shameful person, thing, or state of affairs
- exclusion from confidence or trusthe is in disgrace with his father
verb (tr)
- to bring shame upon; be a discredit to
- to treat or cause to be treated with disfavour
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.).