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ill repute
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abuse, bad name, bad odor, baseness, black eye, blemish, blur, brand, comedown, contempt, contumely, corruption, culpability, debasement, debasing, defamation, degradation, derision, disbarment, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humbling, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, ingloriousness, meanness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pollution, prostitution, put-down, reproach, scandal, scorn, shame, slander, slight, slur, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, turpitude, venality |
| Main Entry: | disrepute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonor, shame |
| Synonyms: | blemish, blot, brand, cloud, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, ignominy, ill fame, ill favor, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, notoriety, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, scar, slur, smear, spot, stain, stigma, taint, unpopularity |
| Antonyms: | esteem, good reputation, honor |
| Main Entry: | opprobrium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace |
| Synonyms: | black eye, blemish, debasement, debasing, degradation, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, loss of honor, obloquy, shame, stain, stigma, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | abashment, bad conscience, blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discomposure, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, irritation, loss of face, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, pudency, remorse, reproach, scandal, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, skeleton in the cupboard, smear, stigma, stupefaction, treachery |
| Antonyms: | honor, pride, respect |
| Main Entry: | bad name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace |
| Synonyms: | bad odor, blemish, blot, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, embarrassment, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, opprobrium, reproach, shame, smirch |
| Concept: | Disrepute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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-nouns
disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness [Henry VIII]; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy., dishonor, disgrace; shame, humiliation; scandal, baseness, vileness; turpitude (improbity); infamy., tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur., crying shame, burning.shame; scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon; bend sinister, bar sinister; champain, point champain; byword of reproach; Ichabod., argumentum ad verecundiam; sense of shame.
-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).
-adjectives
disgraced; blown upon; "shorn of its beams" [Milton], shorn of one's glory; overcome, downtrodden; loaded with shame; in bad repute; out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance; at a discount; under a cloud, under an eclipse; unable to show one's face; in the shade, in the background; out at elbows, down in the world., inglorious; nameless, renownless; obscure; unknown to fame; unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified., shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable; unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious., ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby, base (dishonorable) [more].
-adverbs
to one's shame be it spoken.
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| Antonyms: | repute |
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