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verb

Disgrace v. t. (past & past part. disgraced; pres. part. disgracing)

To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. "Flatterers of the disgraced minister." "Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed."

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." "His ignorance disgraced him."

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

Synonyms: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.

adjective

disgraced adj. Suffering shame or dishonor.

Synonyms: discredited, dishonored, shamed.

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Etymology of 'Disgraced'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disgraced" Quotes from Famous Books

... no ears to his request. The queen Of audience nor desire shall fail; so she From Egypt drive her all-disgraced friend, Or take his life there: this if she perform, She shall not sue unheard. So to ...

— Antony and Cleopatra • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

... Cotobara, a young man of great hopes, son to a brother of the deceased king, who had left no sons. His uncle had submitted to the authority of the Persians,[379] but the new king evinced a spirit of independence, and disgraced Mir Sumela, the fountain of ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. • Robert Kerr

... didn't remember, but he was very anxious to know, and he also wanted to know what kind of a bird it was that so disgraced itself. ...

— Uncle Remus • Joel Chandler Harris

... save Caen; had taken and pillaged that city, and had marched unopposed through Carbon, Lisieux, and Louviers to Rouen, leaving terrible devastation behind, as the soldiers seized upon everything in the way of food from the hapless inhabitants, though not repeating the scenes which had disgraced the ...

— In the Days of Chivalry • Evelyn Everett-Green

... yourself no uneasiness, madam," said the captain, gravely. "I have already learned something of his antecedents—that he is a disgraced and broken-down naval officer; but, as he has sailed three voyages with us, I had credited his willingness to work before-the-mast to his craving for liquor, which he could not satisfy without money. However—as ...

— The Wreck of the Titan - or, Futility • Morgan Robertson

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