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dishonour en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪzˈɒnəɹ/ (obsolete)
- (Australia) audio
- /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.
Meanings
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(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable) Shame or disgrace.
You have brought dishonour upon the family.
That which were a dishonour to God the Son, were a dishonour to God the holy Ghost.
1645, G. Gillespie, Nihil Respondes, section 11:
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(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable) Lack of honour or integrity.
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(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.
Forms
Synonyms
ignominy · humiliation · abasement · dishonour · unpropriety · unuprightness · wickedness · unseemliness · dishonour · indecency · mortification · shame · impropriety · unrighteousness · ungodliness · improbity · unhonour · unhonour · embarrassment · unvirtuousness · disgrace · unhonour · unrighteousness · unrightfulness · unprobity · obloquy · immorality · indecency · opprobrium · ignominy · unhonour · humiliation · unsaintliness · hurt · undecency
Translations (51)
fi kunniattomuus (lack of honour or integrity) · ca deshonra (shame or disgrace) · eo malhonoro (shame or disgrace) · ca deshonor (shame or disgrace) · bn অসম্মান (shame or disgrace) · mi hōnorekore (lack of honour or integrity) · grc ἀτιμία (shame or disgrace) · sa विमान (shame or disgrace) · ru позо́р (shame or disgrace) · bg срам (shame or disgrace) · pdt Oniea (shame or disgrace) · fro desonor (shame or disgrace) · bn জিল্লত (shame or disgrace) · bg безсрамие (lack of honour or integrity) · ang ǣwisċ (shame or disgrace) · sh бешчашће (shame or disgrace) · pl dyshonor (shame or disgrace) · pl niehonor (shame or disgrace) · fr déshonneur (shame or disgrace) · bg позор (shame or disgrace) · es deshonra (shame or disgrace) · grc αἶσχος (shame or disgrace) · ota محجوبلق (shame or disgrace) · ru срам (shame or disgrace) · no skam (shame or disgrace) · mi hōnorekore (shame or disgrace) · ru бесче́стие (shame or disgrace) · pdt Plautdietsch: Schaund (shame or disgrace) · fa ننگ (shame or disgrace) · mi kaipirau (shame or disgrace) · uk безче́стя (shame or disgrace) · es desdoro (shame or disgrace) · pl hańba (shame or disgrace) · pt desonra (shame or disgrace) · sh beščašće (shame or disgrace) · es deshonor (shame or disgrace) · fi häpeä (shame or disgrace) · de Schande (shame or disgrace) · sv vanheder (shame or disgrace) · ta அவமானம் (shame or disgrace) · non vanheiðr (shame or disgrace) · ota رذالت (shame or disgrace) · pro deshonor (shame or disgrace) · ta களங்கம் (shame or disgrace) · ml മാനക്കേട് (shame or disgrace) · uk ганьба́ (shame or disgrace) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 (shame or disgrace) · it disonore (shame or disgrace) · la ignominia (shame or disgrace) · no vanære (shame or disgrace) · io deshonoro (shame or disgrace)
dishonour en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɪzˈɒnəɹ/ (obsolete)
- (Australia) audio
- /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.
Meanings
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(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]
1854, Robert Aitken, The teaching of the types, page 99:You have dishonoured the family.
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(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
disworshipping and dishonouring God
1684, Obadiah Walker, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Epistles of St Paul:
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(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) To violate or rape.
“My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the crew.”
1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:
Forms
Deriveds
dishonourer
Synonyms
degrade · humiliate · mortify · dishonour · pollute · put to shame · depress · constuprate · outrage · disconcert · ravish · confuse · abuse · defile · abase · confound · rape · lower · demean · outrage · viole · defoul · violate · humble · mortify · bring low · grape · scotch · discomfit · embarrass · force · shame · vitiate · defoul · turn out · misuse · ravage · r-word · oppress · abash · discomfit · humiliate · debase · ravish · dishonour
Translations (34)
fr déshonorer (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ca deshonorar (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · mi whakahōnorekore (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · sv vanhedra (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ru бесче́стить (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · fi häväistä (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ru опозо́рить (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ru обесче́стить (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · eo malhonorigi (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · cs zostudit (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌰𐌽 (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · sh obeščašćivati (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ca deshonrar (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · te అవమానించు (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · la dehonestō (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · de schänden (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · io deshonoro (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · sh обешчашћивати (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · bg позоря (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · pt desonrar (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ru срами́ть (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · grc ἀτιμάζω (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ru позо́рить (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · ru осрами́ть (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · it disonorare (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · es deshonrar (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · zdj hwaiɓisha (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · grc ἀτιμάω (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · es deshonorar (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · mi kaipirau (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · grc αἰσχύνω (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · es dejemplar (to bring disgrace upon someone or something) · izh hävätä (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)