Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - disgrace

 I. transitive verb  Date: 1580  1. archaic to humiliate by a superior showing  2. to be a source of shame to your actions ~d the family  3. to cause to lose favor or standing was ~d by the hint of scandal  • ~r noun  II. noun  Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian disgrazia, from dis- (from Latin) + grazia grace, from Latin gratia — more at grace  Date: 1586  1.  a. the condition of one fallen from grace or honor  b. loss of grace, favor, or honor  2. a source of shame your manners are a ~ he's a ~ to the profession Synonyms:  ~, dishonor, disrepute, infamy, ignominy mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach. ~ often implies humiliation and sometimes ostracism sent home in ~. dishonor emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem preferred death to life with dishonor. disrepute stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring of a bad reputation a once proud name fallen into disrepute. infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame a day that lives in infamy. ignominy stresses humiliation the ignominy of being arrested.