different between disgrace vs denigrate

English

Etymology

From Middle French disgracier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???e?s/, /d?z???e?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s???e?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

disgrace (countable and uncountable, plural disgraces)

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.

   Synonyms: dishonor, ignominy

3. (countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
4. (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.

Synonyms

• misgrace (far less common)

Related terms

• disgraceful
• disgraceless

Translations

Verb

disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces, present participle disgracing, simple past and past participle disgraced)

1. (transitive) To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.

Translations

Further reading

• disgrace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disgrace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Latin d?nigr?tus, the past participle of d?nigr?re (“to blacken”), from d? + nigrare (“to blacken”) (from niger (“black”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?n.?.??e?t/

Verb

denigrate (third-person singular simple present denigrates, present participle denigrating, simple past and past participle denigrated)

1. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
2. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.

3. (rare) To blacken.

Derived terms

• denigration
• denigratory

Translations

References

• “denigrate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• antigreed, dinergate, giant reed, gratineed, gratinéed

Italian

Verb

denigrate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of denigrare

Anagrams

• gradiente