- Types Of Speech
- You can use dishonour as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Dishonour
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters d, h, i, n, o, r, s, and u, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter o. Dishonour starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, dish, disho, and the ending characters are r, ur, our, nour, onour, ..
- Definition
- Lacking honor or integrity
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, dishonour has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are dis, and honour.
- Pig Latin
- Dishonour in Pig Latin is said as "ishonourday or ishonourdway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | h | o | n | o | u | r
- Bigram
- di | is | sh | ho | on | no | ou | ur
- Trigram
- dis | ish | sho | hon | ono | nou | our
- Quadrigram
- dish | isho | shon | hono | onou | nour
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- lacking honor or integrity
- a state of shame or disgrace;
"he was resigned to a life of dishonor"
- Verb Examples
- refuse to accept;
"dishonor checks and drafts" - bring shame or dishonor upon;
"he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" - force (someone) to have sex against their will;
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandonment | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" |
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Abhorrence | hate coupled with disgust |
| Abomination | an action that is vicious or vile an action that arouses disgust or abhorence "his treatment of the children is an abomination" |
| Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor" |
| Affront | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
| Aspersion | the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) |
| Assault | a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped |
| Bacchanal | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
View all cognitive synonyms for Dishonour
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Honor | a woman''s virtue or chastity |
| Honour | a woman''s virtue or chastity |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dishonour | lacking honor or integrity |
View English words with the unique letters used in dishonour. Words With The Letters Dhinorsu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attaint | condemn by attainder "the man was attainted" |
| Disgrace | a state of dishonor "one mistake brought shame to all his family" "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" |
| Dishonor | lacking honor or integrity |
| Dishonour | lacking honor or integrity |
| Shame | an unfortunate development "it''s a pity he couldn''t do it" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unrighteousness | failure to adhere to moral principles "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness" |
Dishonour Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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