dishonorable
Something dishonorable is embarrassing or shameful. If you get a dishonorable report card, it probably means your grades could've been better.
The adjective dishonorable often describes a soldier's discharge from the military — a dishonorable discharge means the enlisted member has been found guilty of a crime by a court martial. Its opposite is an honorable discharge, when a solider in good standing leaves the military. You act with dishonorable behavior when you bully someone or act cruelly. Honorable comes from the same Latin root as honor, honorem, "dignity or reputation," and dis- here means "lack of."
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lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor“dishonorable in thought and deed”
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synonyms:
dishonourable
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inglorious
not bringing honor and glory
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dishonest
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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debasing, degrading
used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
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shabby
mean and unworthy and despicable
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unprincipled
having little or no integrity
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yellow
cowardly or treacherous
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unjust
violating principles of justice
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ignoble
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
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disreputable
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
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unworthy
lacking in value or merit
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Antonyms:
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honorable, honourable
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
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honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
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august, revered, venerable
profoundly honored
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laureate
worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
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time-honored, time-honoured
honored because of age or long usage
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just
used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
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moral
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
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noble
having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
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reputable
having a good reputation
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worthy
having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
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inglorious
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deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
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synonyms:
dishonest
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Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
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beguiling
misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
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deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent
intended to deceive
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deceptive, misleading, shoddy
designed to deceive or mislead
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false
designed to deceive
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picaresque
involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
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blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly
lacking principles or scruples
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thieving, thievish
given to thievery
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dishonourable
lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
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insincere
lacking sincerity
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corrupt, crooked
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
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false
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
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untrustworthy, untrusty
not worthy of trust or belief
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honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
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direct
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
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echt, genuine
not fake or counterfeit
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downright
characterized by plain blunt honesty
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honorable, honourable
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
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artless, ingenuous
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
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sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful
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square, straight
characterized by honesty and fairness
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true
consistent with fact or reality; not false
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trustworthy, trusty
worthy of trust or belief
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Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced
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