Disgrace



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• n. 出丑, 丢脸
• ［英］ n. 出丑, 丢脸 ( behave badly and no longer deserves respect)
• ［记］ dis ( 消失) +grace ( 风度) -> 风度消失 -> 出丑

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Date: 1580
• 1. archaic to humiliate by a superior showing
• 2. to be a source of shame to <your actions disgraced the family>
• 3. to cause to lose favor or standing <was disgraced by the hint of scandal>
• ? disgracer noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian disgrazia, from dis- (from Latin) + grazia grace, from Latin gratia — more at grace
• Date: 1586
• 1.
  • a. the condition of one fallen from grace or honor
  • b. loss of grace, favor, or honor
• 2. a source of shame <your manners are a disgrace><he's a disgrace to the profession>
• Synonyms:
  • disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, infamy, ignominy mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach. disgrace often implies humiliation and sometimes ostracism <sent home in disgrace>. dishonor emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem<preferred death to life with dishonor>. disrepute stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring of a bad reputation<a once proud name fallen into disrepute>. infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame<a day that lives in infamy>. ignominy stresses humiliation<the ignominy of being arrested>.

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