dishonournoun [ U ]
UK US dishonor uk/dɪˈsɒn.ər/us/dɪˈsɑː.nɚ/a feeling of embarrassment and loss of people's respect, or a situation in which you experience this:
Some of the leaders of the coup took their lives rather than face dishonour.
It was no dishonour to be beaten by such a strong opponent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- compromise
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate
- degrade
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from grace idiom
- forget
- grubby
- indignity
- knock
- knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
- knock sb off their pedestal
- lower your sights idiom
- peg
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dishonourverb [ T ]
UK US dishonor uk/dɪˈsɒn.ər/us/dɪˈsɑː.nɚ/to cause someone or something to lose respect:
He felt that he had dishonoured his country.
If you dishonour a promise or agreement, you do not do what you said you would do:
We suspect he means to dishonour the agreement made three years ago.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- compromise
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate
- degrade
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from grace idiom
- forget
- grubby
- indignity
- knock
- knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
- knock sb off their pedestal
- lower your sights idiom
- peg
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dishonourable
adjective US dishonorable uk/dɪˈsɒn.ə.rə.bəl/us/dɪˈsɑː.nɚ.ə.bəl/
dishonourable actions