Antonyms for disgrace
dɪsˈgreɪsdis·grace

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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.

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Disparage
   • Humiliate

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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

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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

How to use disgrace in a sentence?

1. Jimmy Fallon:

   Today was a disgrace, today was disappointing, but sadly today was not a surprise, but it's important to remember that this is not who we are. I assure you there are more good people than there are bad, and good will prevail.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   When we talk about transforming America, it means ending the disgrace of this country having more people in jail than any other country in the world, disproportionately African-American, and Latino, not only are we going to fight to end institutional racism, and a broken criminal justice system, we are going to provide jobs and education for our young people, not jails and incarceration.

3. Donald Trump:

   I think Fox News '’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to do Fox News '. I think Fox News '’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to say Fox News '.

4. Greg Fayer:

   The Kardashians have suffered enormous damages as a result of the many failures and breaches created by the operator’s mismanagement of the company. The lawsuit is a disgrace. Itis a jumble of false accusations which will be exposed as lies.

5. Wendell Anthony:

   You have extracted a Black city out of a county and said the only one that I have fault against is the city of Detroit, where 80 % of the people who reside here are African Americans. Shame on you, shame on you for leading to this level of corruption. You have disavowed your right to even sit in the seat that you occupy. You are a disgrace as it relates to the ability to have a free and impartial election in this nation.

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