disrepute en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English repute English disrepute From dis- + repute.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Loss or want of reputation; ill character.
The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.
1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
Antonyms
renown · repute · esteem · credit · distinction
Meronyms
Synonyms
discredit · disrepute · discredit · ill fame · notoriety · dishonour · disesteem · disgrace · unfame · disesteem · ignominy · infamy · disfavour · ill repute
Translations (15)
it discredito (ill character) · ga míchlú (ill character) · cmn 名聲不佳 /名声不佳 (ill character) · ca desprestigi (ill character) · fi huono maine (ill character) · pt descrédito (ill character) · sa अकीर्ति (ill character) · el ανυποληψία (ill character) · ru плоха́я репута́ция (ill character) · ru дурна́я сла́ва (ill character) · es descrédito (ill character) · ca descrèdit (ill character) · ru сомни́тельная репута́ция (ill character) · fr discrédit (ill character) · es desprestigio (ill character)