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All dishonor synonyms

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verb dishonor

  • sully — to soil, stain, or tarnish.
  • debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
  • discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
  • disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
  • defile — To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
  • disoblige — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
  • debauch — to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
  • attaint — to pass judgment of death or outlawry upon (a person); condemn by bill of attainder
  • defame — If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
  • slander — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
  • libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
  • corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
  • abase — to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
  • shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • degrade — Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.

noun dishonor

  • ignominy — disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
  • disrepute — bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
  • infamy — extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act: a time that will live in infamy.
  • opprobrium — the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
  • reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • abasement — to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
  • abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
  • affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
  • blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
  • degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
  • discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
  • disesteem — to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
  • disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • indignity — an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
  • insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
  • obloquy — censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
  • odium — intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
  • offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
  • outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
  • scandal — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
  • slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
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