We are used to the fact that the word disgraced is associated with serious organizations or history. Although, perhaps, you should not get ahead of ourselves. It is necessary to observe the genre. We don’t know yet what disgraced is and what it is eaten with. We will explain the meaning of the adjective, but we should start with the story.
Origin
Let us turn to the etymological dictionary. The noun “opal” comes from the verb “pality”. The last word means “burn”. And "scorching" - "angry." Therefore, the meaning of the word “disgraced” can be interpreted as follows: this is the one whom you are angry with.
Such a version is not far from the truth, but in order to fully verify it, you must turn to the explanatory dictionary and look at it not just one, but three whole words.
Value
Since we have a lot of material, we will not put off things in a long box:
- Disgraced - this is "being in disgrace."
- Opal is "the same as disfavor."
- Disfavor is "the lack of disposition of a strong person to those who depend on him."
Necessary remark: we used only the second, figurative meaning of the noun “opal”. Under the first number in the dictionary, the following is recorded: "The disgrace of the king, the prince to someone, as well as the punishment of punishing those who fell out of favor." Now, perhaps, historical realities do not seem so terrible to us. But such frivolity is dictated by the distance at which the events of the past are from us.
Nowadays, people continue to fall into disgrace, although we are no longer talking about the boyars and princes. By the way, the disgraced nobles with current office workers and schoolchildren are related by the reason for the conditionally “untouchable” getting into the classroom. People turn into objectionable because of their behavior. Perhaps they simply ceased to be loyal to their superiors. Life does not change too, if you look at it in a generalized way.
Synonyms
Considering that the word is not so popular now, the synonyms of “disgraced” are what you need. So the list:
- demoted;
- deposed;
- overthrown;
- objectionable.
This time, the dictionary of synonyms let us down, so what the reader sees in front of him is an exclusive made especially for him. Homework, you can offer to find more replacements for the word "disgraced."