Macduff lives in disgrace. --Shak.
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? --Shak.
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.
--Bacon.
Syn: Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit;
disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy;
humiliation.
Flatterers of the disgraced minister. --Macaulay.
Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of
Newcastle dismissed. --J. Morley.
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.
--Pope.
His ignorance disgraced him. --Johnson.
3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace.
--Spenser.
Syn: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame;
dishonor; debase.