dishonour
US dishonor
/ (dɪsˈɒnə) /
to treat with disrespect
to fail or refuse to pay (a cheque, bill of exchange, etc)
to cause the disgrace of (a woman) by seduction or rape
a lack of honour or respect
a state of shame or disgrace
a person or thing that causes a loss of honour: he was a dishonour to his family
an insult; affront: we did him a dishonour by not including him
refusal or failure to accept or pay a commercial paper
Derived forms of dishonour
- dishonourer or US dishonorer, noun
Words Nearby dishonour
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How to use dishonour in a sentence
Why, I shall hear next that dishonour and Fraud are among the Institutions of the great republic!'
Uriah said it would dishonour him to seek ease and pleasure at home while other soldiers were enduring hardship at the front.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordIt shall be recounted, to the perpetual infamy and dishonour of the man who uttered it.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperHath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamYou have done all you can to cover me and yourself with dishonour, and to bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Julian Home | Dean Frederic W. Farrar
All unworthy is it to take up great issues and afterwards to lay them down again with dishonour.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
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