dishonorably

1. 1.

   in a dishonorable manner

   “he acted dishonorably”

   Antonymshonorably
2. 2.

   with dishonor

   “he was dishonorably discharged”

   Antonymshonorably
3. 3.

   in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree

   “his grades were disgracefully low”

   Synonymsdisgracefullyingloriouslyignominiouslydiscreditablyshamefullydishonourably

Questions about dishonorably

What does dishonorably mean?

dishonorably means "in a dishonorable manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dishonorably?

dishonorably has 5 syllables: di-sho-no-ra-bly. The stress falls on "no".

What is another word for dishonorably?

Close synonyms include disgracefully, ingloriously, ignominiously, discreditably, shamefully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of dishonorably?

The recorded antonyms are honorably, honorably.

Is dishonorably a common word?

dishonorably is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.