Dishonorable
[dɪs'ɑnɚəbl]
Definition
(adj.) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; 'dishonorable in thought and deed' .
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Definition
(a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
(a.) Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Disreputable, discreditable, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, infamous, ignominious.
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Examples
- It would be dishonorable to let others engage themselves to anything serious in dependence on me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But now, after such dishonorable usage, who can tell what were his designs on her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You would not do anything dishonorable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You know nothing dishonorable of her, sir, said Will, turning on him rather savagely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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