Synonyms for disgrace
dɪsˈgreɪsdis·grace

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1. disgrace

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

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1. shame, disgrace, ignominyverb

   a state of dishonor

   "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

   Synonyms:
   ignominy, shame, pity

2. dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shameverb

   bring shame or dishonor upon

   "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

   Synonyms:
   violate, put down, discredit, dishonor, demean, ravish, attaint, take down, outrage, assault, rape, shame, dishonour, degrade

3. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put downverb

   reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

   "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

   Synonyms:
   unload, land, write down, repose, bring down, cheapen, dishonour, pull down, raze, drop off, lower, discredit, take down, dismantle, get down, place down, demean, shame, record, lay, tear down, degrade, let down, level, set down, put down, attaint, dishonor, drop, enter, discharge, destroy, rase, note

4. discredit, disgraceverb

   damage the reputation of

   "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

   Synonyms:
   put down, disbelieve, demean, attaint, dishonor, shame, discredit, dishonour, take down, degrade

Matched Categories

1. • Disparage
   • Humiliate

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1. disgracenoun

   Synonyms:
   disfavor, degradation

2. disgracenoun

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, discredit, disrepute, disesteem, shame, reproach, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, scandal, blot on one's escutcheon

3. disgraceverb

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, discredit, degrade, debase, tarnish, stain, sully, taint; bring shame, reproach, dishonor, or a stain upon

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1. disgracenoun

   Synonyms:
   reproach, discredit, dishonor, shame, infamy, degradation, disrepute, ignominy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, scandal, debasement, abasement

2. disgraceverb

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, humiliate, shame, degrade, debase, abase, discredit, tarnish, sully

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1. List of paraphrases for "disgrace":

   shame, scandal, ignominy, shameful, dishonour, dishonor, embarrassment, outrage, blot, misfortune, scandalous, pity

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1. Lewis Lapham:

   Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged individualism usually leads to poverty, ostracism and disgrace. The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit, the maverick, the spoilsport, the sore thumb.

2. The Hitopadesa:

   A prudent man will not discover his poverty, his self-torments, the disorders of his house, his uneasiness, or his disgrace.

3. Mike Lawler:

   Only a sociopath, such as Andrew Cuomo, would think that David Gilbert, a man who participated in a heinous attack on law-abiding citizens and law enforcement alike, deserves to be eligible for parole, when the book is written on Andrew Cuomo, apart from leaving office in disgrace, his legacy will be a New York that has released unrepentant cop killers, child rapists, murderers, and terrorists. My only hope is that when all is said and done, the final chapter finds him in a jail cell.

4. Vern Buchanan:

   Driving Class Charles Martland out of the Army for standing up for American values is a national disgrace.

5. Cicero:

   If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place.