Dishonorable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.]
     1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving
        dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the
        reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
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     2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.
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              He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in
              poverty!                              --Ecclus. x.
                                                    31.
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              To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak.
        -- {Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dishonorable
       adj 1: lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor;
              "dishonorable in thought and deed"; "a dishonorable
              discharge" [syn: {dishonourable}] [ant: {honorable}]
       2: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or
          deceive [syn: {dishonest}] [ant: {honest}]
       3: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
          here may rest" [syn: {inglorious}] [ant: {glorious}]
       4: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and
          unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life";
          "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism
          immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
          [syn: {base}, {dishonourable}, {immoral}, {unethical}]
       5: morally unacceptable; "the dishonorable conduct of trusted
          men" [syn: {dishonourable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "dishonorable":
     amoral, bad, base, conscienceless, contemptible, corrupt,
     corrupted, criminal, crooked, dark, debased, degrading, derogatory,
     despicable, devious, dirty, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonest,
     disloyal, disreputable, doubtful, dubious, duplicitous, evasive,
     evil, faithless, felonious, filthy, fishy, flagrant, foul,
     fraudulent, heinous, hypocritical, ignoble, ignominious, ill-got,
     ill-gotten, immoral, improper, indirect, infamous, inglorious,
     insidious, low, mean, not kosher, notorious, objectionable,
     outrageous, perfidious, questionable, reprehensible, rotten, seamy,
     shabby, shady, shameful, shameless, shaming, shifty, shoddy,
     sinister, slippery, sordid, suspicious, traitorous, treacherous,
     tricky, two-faced, unbecoming, unconscienced, unconscientious,
     unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful,
     unpraiseworthy, unprincipled, unrespectable, unsavory,
     unscrupulous, unseemly, unstraightforward, untrustworthy, unworthy,
     vile, without remorse, without shame