单词 | dishonorable |
释义 | dishonorable (once / 3910 pages) adj Something dishonorable is embarrassing or shameful. If you get a dishonorable report card, it probably means your grades could've been better. The adjective dishonorable often describes a soldier's discharge from the military — a dishonorable discharge means the enlisted member has been found guilty of a crime by a court martial. Its opposite is an honorable discharge, when a solider in good standing leaves the military. You act with dishonorable behavior when you bully someone or act cruelly. Honorable comes from the same Latin root as honor, honorem, "dignity or reputation," and dis- here means "lack of." WORD FAMILYdishonorable: dishonorableness, dishonorably, dishonourably+/dishonor: dishonorable, dishonored, dishonoring, dishonors/honor: dishonor, honorable, honorary, honored, honoree, honoring, honors/honorable: honorableness, honorablest, honorably/honorary: honorarily/honoree: honorees USAGE EXAMPLES“A more ripe and rank case of dishonorable dealings will never, in all probability, be found in our history,” the court said. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) “People will talk. It looks dishonorable, an unmarried young woman living here. It’s bad for my reputation. And hers. And yours, I might add.” Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) No. “Letting go of female children is dishonorable, in itself,” explained Pramanand Das, who presides over an informal family council. New York Times(Sep 24, 2016) 1adj lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor dishonorable in thought and deed Syn|Ant dishonourable inglorious not bringing honor and glory dishonestdeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame debasing, degradingused of conduct; characterized by dishonor shabbymean and unworthy and despicable unprincipledhaving little or no integrity yellowcowardly or treacherous unjustviolating principles of justice ignoblecompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose disreputablelacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance unworthylacking in value or merit honorable, honourable worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect honest, honorablenot disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent august, revered, venerableprofoundly honored laureateworthy of the greatest honor or distinction time-honored, time-honouredhonored because of age or long usage justused especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting moralconcerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles noblehaving or showing or indicative of high or elevated character reputablehaving a good reputation worthyhaving worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable 2adj deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Syn|Ant dishonest Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another beguilingmisleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentintended to deceive deceptive, misleading, shoddydesigned to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently falsedesigned to deceive picaresqueinvolving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrellylacking principles or scruples thieving, thievishgiven to thievery dishonourablelacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor insincerelacking sincerity corrupt, crookednot straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality untrustworthy, untrustynot worthy of trust or belief honest, honorable not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent directstraightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action echt, genuinenot fake or counterfeit downrightcharacterized by plain blunt honesty honorable, honourableworthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect artless, ingenuouscharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful square, straightcharacterized by honesty and fairness trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false trustworthy, trustyworthy of trust or belief |
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