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disgraced

disgraced

6 4.6
A person who has lost respect after doing something shameful
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈɡreɪst/
translation icon : deshonrado
  • After the scandal, he felt completely disgraced and isolated from his peers.

The man who dies rich, according to Carnegie, dies disgraced.

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Examples

  • Andrew Gillum, the disgraced guy who ran for governor against Ron DeSantis.

  • I used to tell him, all right, let's move on to some news about Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced governor of New York who was never a guest on The Daily Show.

  • How a disgraced cop can offer his story as the Gospel is beyond me.

    Blog text (1)
  • When disgraced journalists speak to law classes at Harvard, you know the world is changing...

    Blog text (21)
  • A Prime Minister in office less than a month with a disgraced Cabinet minister resigned with his good wishes.

  • Find out as we put this disgraced president's legacy on trial in history versus Richard Nixon.

  • All of which contributes mightily to my mystification over our City Council voting 5-0 to remain a part of this disgraced organization.

    Blog text (16)
  • Cortes died a disgraced, practically ruined man, having made his king/country super rich.

    Blog text (9)
  • I wrung my hair out and stood there uncertainly, feeling disgraced and disheveled, wondering how things could have gotten off to such a bad start.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The disgraced athlete faced public outrage after his doping scandal was revealed.

Synonyms

dishonorable
vsdisgraced
  • US
23 6.0

Not honest or fair and causing shame

is a loss of standing caused by a scandal rather than bad character
dishonored
vsdisgraced
  • US
1 4.9

A person who has lost respect because of shameful behavior

is linked to a shameful act or public scandal
shamed
vsdisgraced
1 4.4

Feeling guilty and embarrassed after doing something wrong or being caught

is a public loss of respect from a scandal instead of an inner feeling
discredited
vsdisgraced
6.0

No longer trusted or respected because people found problems with it

is loss that comes from a scandal rather than being proved wrong

Antonyms

honored
  • Formal
8 3.3

Respected and admired because of important achievements or a long history

How Dishonored

disgraced
6 4.6
ashamed
504 1.0
embarrassed
145 1.1

Surface Forms

disgraced positive

Morphology

disgraced = disgrace (semi-transparent) = dis + grace + ed

The adjective is a regular participial formation from the verb 'disgrace' meaning 'having been disgraced'.

Etymology

Disgraced comes from dis- meaning 'not' or 'away' and grace meaning 'favor' or 'honor', like the everyday word grace for kindness or respect. So, to be disgraced is to be moved 'away' from grace, to lose respect and honor.