dishonour

1. 1.

   a state of shame or disgrace

   “he was resigned to a life of dishonor”

   Synonymsdishonor

   Broaderstanding

   Narrowerdisesteemdisreputecorruptnessshameinfamy
2. 2.

   lacking honor or integrity

   Synonymsdishonor

   Broaderunrighteousness

Other forms of dishonour

plural

dishonours·

past tense

dishonoured·

present participle

dishonouring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dishonour

What does dishonour mean?

dishonour means "bring shame or dishonor upon". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dishonour?

dishonour has 3 syllables and divides as di-sho-nour under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dishonour?

Close synonyms include dishonor, disgrace, attaint, shame, rape. 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.

Is dishonour a common word?

dishonour 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.