Dishonoured
[dɪs'ɒnəd]
Examples
- And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You have dishonoured me forever! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- So that you would have me shown up as a coward, sir, and our name dishonoured for the sake of Miss Swartz's money, George interposed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You will not be dishonoured by my society, and as this is probably the last service, or disservice you can do me, will you grant my request? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Will the Lady Rowena deign to cast an eye--on a captive knight--on a dishonoured soldier? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He, a broken, bankrupt, sick, dishonoured prisoner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Thou must to the lists, Brian, or thou art a lost and dishonoured man. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And in proportion as riches and rich men are honoured in the State, virtue and the virtuous are dishonoured. Plato. The Republic.
- May my arms be reversed, and my name dishonoured, said Brian de Bois-Guilbert, if thou shalt have reason to complain of me! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Now I am left to a lonely and dishonoured age. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not that these are the worst enemies of philosophy, who is far more dishonoured by her own professing sons when they are corrupted by the world. Plato. The Republic.
Inputed by Augustine