Disgrace /(?; 277)/

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

   Macduff lives in disgrace.

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.

   To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet?

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.]

   The interchange continually of favors and disgraces.

imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

   The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace.