Shame vs. Disgrace — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shame and Disgrace
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Shame
Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion typically associated with a negative evaluation of the self; withdrawal motivations; and feelings of distress, exposure, mistrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.
Disgrace
Disgrace is a novel by J. M. Coetzee, published in 1999. It won the Booker Prize.
Shame
A painful emotion caused by the belief that one is, or is perceived by others to be, inferior or unworthy of affection or respect because of one's actions, thoughts, circumstances, or experiences
Felt shame for having dropped out of school.
Disgrace
Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame.
Shame
Respect for propriety or morality
Have you no shame?.
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Disgrace
The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
Shame
A condition of disgrace or dishonor; ignominy
An act that brought shame on the whole family.
Disgrace
One that brings disfavor or discredit
Your handwriting is a disgrace.
Shame
A regrettable or unfortunate situation
"It was a shame how the place had fallen apart, with tall scorched grass and sagging gutters" (Tom Drury).
Disgrace
To bring shame or dishonor on
Disgraced the entire community.
Shame
One that brings dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation
"I would ... Forget the shames that you have stained me with" (Shakespeare).
Disgrace
To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor
The family was disgraced by the scandal.
Shame
To cause to feel shame
"expletives that would have shamed a stevedore" (Jeffrey Tayler).
Disgrace
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Shame
To cause to feel ashamed to the point of doing something
I was shamed into making an apology.
Disgrace
The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
Now she lives in disgrace.
Shame
To bring dishonor or disgrace on
Behavior that shamed him in the eyes of the community.
Disgrace
(countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.
Shame
To disgrace by surpassing
Wanted revenge because a rival had shamed him in the previous race.
Disgrace
(obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
Shame
Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.
The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.
Disgrace
(transitive) To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
Shame
Something to regret.
It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.
Disgrace
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Macduff lives in disgrace.
Shame
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
Disgrace
The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
To tumble down thy husband and thyselfFrom top of honor to disgrace's feet?
Shame
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
Disgrace
That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
Shame
That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
Disgrace
An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
The interchange continually of favors and disgraces.
Shame
The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
Don't you have any shame?
Disgrace
To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
Flatterers of the disgraced minister.
Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed.
Shame
A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
Disgrace
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.
His ignorance disgraced him.
Shame
(South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!
Disgrace
To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace.
Shame
(transitive) To cause to feel shame.
I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.
Disgrace
A state of dishonor;
One mistake brought shame to all his family
Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
Shame
(transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to denounce as having done something shameful; to dishonor; to disgrace.
Disgrace
Bring shame or dishonor upon;
He dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Shame
(transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
The politician was shamed into resigning.
Disgrace
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture
Shame
To feel shame, be ashamed.
Disgrace
Damage the reputation of;
This newspaper story discredits the politicians
Shame
To mock at; to deride.
Shame
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
HIde, for shame,Romans, your grandsires' images,That blush at their degenerate progeny.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
Shame
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Ye have borne the shame of the heathen.
Honor and shame from no condition rise.
And every woe a tear can claimExcept an erring sister's shame.
Shame
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
O C sar, what a wounding shame is this!
Guides who are the shame of religion.
Shame
The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Shame
To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him.
Shame
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
Shame
To mock at; to deride.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor.
Shame
To be ashamed; to feel shame.
I do shameTo think of what a noble strain you are.
Shame
A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
Shame
A state of dishonor;
One mistake brought shame to all his family
Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
Shame
An unfortunate development;
It's a pity he couldn't do it
Shame
Bring shame or dishonor upon;
He dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Shame
Compel through a sense of shame;
She shamed him into making amends
Shame
Cause to be ashamed
Shame
Surpass or beat by a wide margin
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