disgrace
pronunciation
How to pronounce disgrace in British English:
UK [dɪsˈɡreɪs]
How to pronounce disgrace in American English:
US [dɪsˈɡreɪs]
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- Noun:
- a state of dishonor
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- Verb:
- bring shame or dishonor upon
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- damage the reputation of
Word Origin
- disgrace (v.)
- 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.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. In the end , the disgrace proved too much .
- 2. The number of hungry people in the world is indeed a disgrace .
- 3. Even as single motherhood is no longer a disgrace , motherhood itself is no longer compulsory .
- 4. Of a time of terror , violence and disgrace .
- 5. His heir apparent liu shaoqi was one of many to die in disgrace .