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单词 dishonourable
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dishonourabledishonorableadj.

/dɪsˈɒnərəb(ə)l/
Etymology: apparently originally < dishonour v. + -able suffix; but in some uses regarded as < dis- prefix 2e + honourable adj., adv., and n. Compare French déshonorable (14th cent. in Godefroy).
1.
a. Entailing dishonour; involving disgrace and shame; ignominious, base.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective]
shondly888
frakeda900
shondfula900
foulOE
shendful?c1225
shamelyc1275
shendlyc1275
shamefulc1330
villain1338
inhonest1340
shameworthy1382
shendshipful1382
dishonestc1386
slanderous1402
defamable?a1439
defamousc1450
misshamefulc1450
vituperablec1450
ignominious?a1475
shamevousc1475
inhominious1490
opprobrious?1510
opprobrousc1530
rebukeful1530
dishonourable1533
reproachful1534
disworshipful1539
dedecoratec1540
contumelious1546
spiteful1550
ignomious1571
inglorious1573
disgraceful1595
disgracive1602
vituperous1610
vituperious1612
disgracious1615
disparageable1617
propudious1629
deflowering1642
scandalized1664
dedecorous1755
disgracing1807
vituperate1832
vituperated1842
mighty1889
soddish1922
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 22 §1 The continuance..whereof..were..dishonorable to the hole realme.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 139 And peepe about To finde our selues dishonourable Graues. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. x. 44 Craft, Shifting, neglect of Equity, is Dishonourable.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. v. 148 The Words dishonourable Birth are Nonsense..unless the Word dishonourable be applied to the Parents. View more context for this quotation
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 345 More disgraceful, more dishonourable conduct, has never characterized the British service.
b. Without moral implication: Mean, paltry. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxvi If the Room be too mean, and too little for the Books;..if the Access to it be dishonourable; is the Library-keeper to answer for 't?
2. Of persons:
a. To be regarded with dishonour, disesteemed. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective]
despect1447
contemned1552
unesteemeda1557
mongrela1594
cheap1597
disdained1598
scorned1598
despised1599
dog cheap1606
dishonourable1611
disprizeda1616
jadeda1616
disesteemed1618
misprized1702
disparaged1802
unappreciated1828
vilipended1836
flouted1859
mal vu1904
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] > specifically of persons
ignominious?1548
rake-shamed1635
dishonourable1749
1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. x. 31 He that is honoured in pouertie, how much more in riches, and he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in pouertie? View more context for this quotation
1749 [see sense 1a].
b. Devoid or negligent of honour; meriting shame and reproach; unprincipled, base, despicable.
ΚΠ
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 66 Ungenerous, dishonourable, base,..trusted as he was.
1896 N.E.D. at Dishonourable Mod. A dishonourable opponent at cards.

Derivatives

disˈhonourableness n. dishonourable quality, dishonour.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > quality of being disgraceful
inhonesty1481
opprobriousnessa1540
shamefulness1564
disgracefulnessa1586
dishonourableness1727
opprobrity1751
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Dishonourableness, dishonourable quality.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 122 The honourableness or dishonourableness of the employment. View more context for this quotation
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. x. 343 The injustice and dishonourableness of retracting what he had authorized Keppel to say.
disˈhonourably adv. in a dishonourable manner, with dishonour; discreditably, basely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adverb]
shamelyc1200
shendfully?c1225
to one's shamec1275
shamefullya1300
despitouslyc1320
foula1325
shondfullyc1330
inhonestly1340
shendshipfully1388
dishonestlyc1430
shamouslyc1440
ignominiously1553
slanderously1563
reproachfully1567
opprobriously1569
ingloriously1576
dishonourably1590
indignly1593
disgracefully1604
despitely1619
vituperiously1632
to a reproacha1715
shaming1970
1590 C. S. Briefe Resol. Right Relig. 29 Who (most dishonourably to Christ) acknowledge the Pope the head therof.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 112 They are not esteemed to do it unjustly, but dishonourably.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. iii. 27 Your own Manilla ransom most dishonourably given up.

Draft additions 1993

c. dishonourable discharge U.S. Military, dismissal with disgrace from military service by court martial.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > with disgrace
dishonourable discharge1865
bobtail discharge1886
undesirable discharge1911
1865 Gen. Court Martial Orders (U.S. War Dept.) 14 June No. 301 Sentence. ‘Dishonorable discharge and imprisonment during the war.’
1889 Regulations Army U.S. (U.S. War Dept.) 110 The period of time at which a dishonorable discharge is to take effect, as fixed by a sentence, cannot be postponed by the reviewing officer.
1919 Forum Oct. 448 These men have received harsh and unjustifiable sentences, imprisonment with dishonorable discharge, the death penalty, which..I considered as beyond the scope of human justice.
1944 Atlantic June 51/2 A deserter who gave himself up after an absence of more than sixty days was liable to dishonorable discharge and confinement at hard labor for a year.
1989 K. Green Night Angel 279 While still in marine boot camp, he'd been given six months in the brig and a dishonorable discharge from the corps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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