Disreputable

3 definitions found

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

  Disreputable \Dis*rep"u*ta*ble\, a.
     Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable;
     disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem;
     as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean,
     the lewd, and the profane.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           Why should you think that conduct disreputable in
           priests which you probably consider as laudable in
           yourself?                                --Bp. Watson.
  
     Syn: Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful;
          shameful.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disreputable
       adj : lacking respectability in character or behavior or
             appearance [ant: {reputable}]

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

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "disreputable":
     abject, bad, base, bedraggled, beggarly, cheap, contemptible,
     contemptuous, decrepit, derogatory, despicable, dilapidated, dingy,
     dirty, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disordered,
     down-at-heel, dubious, faded, heinous, ignoble, ignominious,
     infamous, inglorious, iniquitous, low, mean, messy, notorious,
     opprobrious, pitiable, questionable, raddled, reprehensible,
     run-down, scandalous, scruffy, scurvy, seamy, seedy, shabby, shady,
     shameful, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, sordid, sorry, tattered,
     threadbare, unkempt, unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory,
     untidy, untrustworthy, vicious, vile, wicked