Synonyms of disgracing

disgracing

verb

present participle of disgrace

as in humiliating

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes

disgraced by the shameful actions of their leader

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliating
• discrediting
• embarrassing
• shaming
• dishonoring
• degrading
• insulting
• debasing
• humbling
• demeaning
• cheapening
• abasing
• confusing
• rattling
• lowering
• criticizing
• fouling
• chastening
• ridiculing
• taking down
• sinking
• diminishing
• minimizing
• belittling
• mortifying
• disparaging
• smirching
• slandering
• maligning
• defaming
• defiling
• detracting
• condemning
• libeling
• disconcerting
• decrying
• depreciating
• discounting
• castigating
• affronting
• confounding
• denouncing
• flustering
• discomfiting
• discountenancing
• fazing
• censuring
• bad-mouthing
• abashing
• nonplussing
• writing off
• damning
• crying down
• execrating
• putting down
• reprobating
• reprehending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• exalting
• honoring
• praising
• celebrating
• saluting
• deifying
• aggrandizing
• commending
• cheering
• citing
• congratulating
• applauding
• recognizing
• canonizing
• boasting
• complimenting
• acknowledging
• eulogizing
• extolling
• lauding
• hailing
• decorating
• acclaiming
• touting
• highlighting
• promoting
• glorifying
• feting
• dignifying
• spotlighting
• advancing
• enshrining
• raising
• lifting
• ennobling
• magnifying
• enthroning
• upgrading
• playing up
• boosting
• uplifting
• idealizing
• romanticizing
• enskying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disgracing

Social media users have critiqued her body both when with and without child and have accused her of disgracing the image of Black women. — Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026

Why are adults so comfortable publicly disgracing Black teenage girls going to their prom and being cruel toward strangers who are sometimes half their age? — Essence, 11 May 2026

The plotting becomes needlessly complicated at times, such as with Jack becoming a local hero after foiling a burglary, and later disgracing himself with a drunken tirade at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, which leads to him being arrested and put on trial. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025