disgraces

Noun

disgrace (countable and uncountable, plural disgraces)

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
   • I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe?c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
   • Now she lives in disgrace.

   Synonyms:

   dishonor, ignominy

3. (countable) Someone or something which 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.
4. (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
   • 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.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Ambition. XXXVI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 221

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