| Concept: | Disrepute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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-verbs
be inglorious; incur disgrace; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself., play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background (modesty); be conscious of disgrace (humility); look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away., cause shame; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon; be a reproach to; derogate from., tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, deffle; beggar; expel (punish)., impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, villify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend., bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two., obscure. eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow; leave in the background, put in the background; push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint; put out, put out of countenance., upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush (humble).
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| Antonyms: | repute |
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