Disgrace vs Denigrate - What's the difference?
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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
* Shakespeare
The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
(obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
* Francis Bacon
To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
(rare) To blacken.
As verbs the difference between disgrace and denigrate
is that disgrace is to disrespect another; to put someone out of favor while denigrate is to criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.As a noun disgrace
is the condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.disgrace
English
(wikipedia disgrace)Noun
(en noun)- Macduff lives in disgrace .
- the interchange continually of favours and disgraces