Arabic word sheet
خِزْيٌ
Disgrace, humiliation
- Type
- noun
- Root
- خ ز ي
Meaning and usage
Disgrace, humiliation
The state of someone who is brought low in the eyes of others and is ashamed of it, often after a fault or a defeat known to all.
شَعَرَ اللِّصُّ بِالْخِزْيِ أَمَامَ الْجِيرَانِ.
The thief felt the disgrace in front of the neighbours.
Ruin, a crushing misfortune (less common)
Less often, a great misfortune that one falls into and that costs one all standing.
لَحِقَ التَّاجِرَ خِزْيٌ بَعْدَ إِفْلَاسِهِ.
Ruin and shame came upon the merchant after his bankruptcy.
Word family
What the root means خ ز ي
The root is about being brought low in a way one is ashamed of. From it come the words for putting someone to shame, for feeling shame, and for a thing that brings shame.
to be disgraced
خَزِيَ
to put to shame, to humiliate
أَخْزَى
ashamed, abashed
خَزْيَانُ
shame, embarrassment
خَزَايَةٌ
shameful thing, cause of shame
مَخْزَاةٌ
Synonyms
abasement, being held cheap
هَوَانٌ
It says that one is held of little account, without this being necessarily displayed before all or mixed with shame.
scandal
فَضِيحَةٌ
It names the exposure itself, the affair that comes out into the open, more than the abasement that follows.
Opposites
honour, high standing
عِزٌّ
honour
شَرَفٌ