English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle French disgracier
Pronunciation [ edit ] disgrace (countable and uncountable plural disgraces
The condition of being out of favor ; loss of favor , regard , or respect .
c. 1606 The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act III, scene vi] , page 143 :I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace . Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe?
The state of being dishonored , or covered with shame .
Synonyms: dishonor ignominy Now she lives in disgrace .
( countable ) brings dishonor ; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit .
His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace ! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.
1853 David Wilson ], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. [ … ] Sampson Low, Son & Co. ; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller , →OCLC page 179 :Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgrace —that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it, and that I should go into the cotton field no more.
( obsolete ) act of unkindness ; a disfavor .
1625 Francis [Bacon] , “Of Ambition. XXXVI.”, in The Essayes [ … ] [ … ] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC page 221 :As for the pulling of them [ambitious men] downe, if the Affaires require it, and that it may not be done with ſafety ſuddainly, the onely Way is, the Enterchange, continually of Fauours, and Diſgraces , whereby they may not know, what to expect; And be, as it were, in a Wood.
Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] condition of being out of favor
Arabic: عَار m ( ʕār ) , خِزْي m ( ḵizy ) , خَزًى m ( ḵazan )
Armenian: խայտառակություն (hy) ( xaytaṙakutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: rüsvay
Belarusian: га́ньба f ( hánʹba ) , бясчэ́сце n ( bjasčéscje ) , со́рам m ( sóram )
Bengali: অপমান (bn) ( opoman )
Bulgarian: позо́р (bg) m ( pozór ) , срам (bg) m ( sram )
Catalan: desgràcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恥辱 ／ 耻辱 (zh) ( chǐrǔ ) , 恥 ／ 耻 (zh) ( chǐ ) , 辱 (zh) ( rǔ )
Czech: ostuda (cs) f hanba (cs) f
Danish: skændsel (da) c vanære c
Dutch: schande (nl) f
Estonian: häbi
Finnish: häpeä (fi) , epäsuosio
French: honte (fr) f disgrâce (fr) f ignominie (fr) f
Georgian: შერცხვენა ( šercxvena )
German: Ungnade (de) f Schande (de) f
Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 n ( idweit )
Greek: δυσμένεια (el) f ( dysméneia ) , όνειδος (el) m ( óneidos ) , ανυποληψία (el) f ( anypolipsía )
Ancient: αἰσχύνη f ( aiskhúnē )
Hebrew: חֶרְפָּה (he) f ( kherpá )
Hindi: अपमान (hi) m ( apmān )
Hungarian: kegyvesztettség (hu) , szégyen (hu)
Icelandic: óvirðing (is) f
Ido: deshonoro (io)
Italian: vergogna (it) f
Japanese: 恥 (ja) ( はじ, haji ) , 恥辱 (ja) ( ちじょく, chijoku ) , 不名誉 (ja) ( ふめいよ, fumeiyo )
Kazakh: масқара ( masqara )
Korean: 치욕(恥辱) (ko) ( chiyok )
Kyrgyz: маскара ( maskara )
Ladino: manziya desgrasia
Latin: dēdecus m ignōminia f
Macedonian: срам m ( sram ) , срамота f ( sramota )
Manx: anghoo m
Maori: māteatea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vanære (no) m or f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: срамъ m ( sramŭ )
Glagolitic: ⱄⱃⰰⰿⱏ m ( sramŭ )
Old East Slavic: соромъ m ( soromŭ )
Old English: sċand f
Persian: فضاحت (fa) ( fazâhat ) , رسوایی (fa) ( rosvâyi )
Plautdietsch: Schaund f
Polish: hańba (pl) f sromota (pl) f
Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f
Romanian: dizgrație (ro) f
Russian: позо́р (ru) m ( pozór ) , бесче́стие (ru) n ( besčéstije ) , срам (ru) m ( sram ) , срамота́ (ru) f ( sramotá )
Sanskrit: अपकीर्ति (sa) f ( apakīrti ) , अकीर्ति (sa) f ( akīrti )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срамо̀та f
Roman: sramòta (sh) f
Slovak: hanba (sk) f
Slovene: sramota (sl) f
Spanish: desgracia (es) f
Swedish: skam (sv) c onåd (sv) c vanära (sv) c
Tajik: фазихат ( fazixat ) , фазоҳат ( fazohat ) , расвои ( rasvoyi ) , иснод ( isnod )
Ukrainian: ганьба́ (uk) f ( hanʹbá ) , со́ром m ( sórom )
Uzbek: sharmandalik (uz) , uyat (uz) , isnod (uz)
Vietnamese: sỉ nhục (vi) (恥辱
Yiddish: שאַנד ( shand )
state of being dishonored
that which brings dishonor
Armenian: խայտառակություն (hy) ( xaytaṙakutʻyun )
Czech: ponižování (cs) n ostouzení n
Danish: skændsel (da) c
Dutch: blamage (nl) f
Finnish: häpeä (fi)
Galician: deshonra f
German: Schande (de) f Schmach (de) f Blamage (de) f Peinlichkeit (de) f
Greek: ντροπή (el) f ( ntropí ) , αίσχος (el) n ( aíschos ) , όνειδος (el) n ( óneidos )
Hungarian: szégyen (hu) , szégyenteljes dolog szégyenfolt (hu) , csúfság (hu)
Latin: flāgitium n dēdecus n
Malayalam: അപമാനം (ml) ( apamānaṁ )
Middle English: dishoneste
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skam (no) m or f
Romanian: ocară (ro) f
Spanish: baldón (es) m
Swedish: blamage (sv)
disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces present participle disgracing simple past and past participle disgraced
( transitive ) Translations [ edit ] bring shame upon
Bulgarian: позоря́ (bg) impf ( pozorjá ) , засра́мвам (bg) impf ( zasrámvam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羞辱 (zh) ( xiūrǔ )
Czech: ponižovat (cs) impf ostouzet (cs) impf zostudit pf
Danish: bringe skam over vanære
Dutch: beschamen (nl)
Esperanto: malhonorigi
Finnish: häpäistä (fi) , väheksyä (fi)
Galician: deshonrar (gl)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 ( gaaiwiskōn )
Greek: ατιμάζω (el) ( atimázo ) , ντροπιάζω (el) ( ntropiázo ) , καταισχύνω ( kataischýno )
Ancient: αἰσχύνω ( aiskhúnō )
Ido: desfavorizar (io)
Irish: adhnáirigh
Italian: disonorare (it)
Latin: dehonestō
Maori: tīkai whakatīkai tokoreko whakatautauhea
Polish: kompromitować (pl) impf skompromitować pf
Romanian: dizgrația (ro)
Russian: позо́рить (ru) impf ( pozóritʹ ) , опозо́рить (ru) pf ( opozóritʹ ) , бесче́стить (ru) impf ( besčéstitʹ ) , обесче́стить (ru) pf ( obesčéstitʹ ) , срами́ть (ru) impf ( sramítʹ ) , осрами́ть (ru) pf ( osramítʹ )
Spanish: deshonrar (es)
Telugu: అవమానించు (te) ( avamāniñcu )
Further reading [ edit ] “disgrace ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “disgrace ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC 