| Main Entry: | disfavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dislike; disgrace |
Synonyms: |
aversion, disapprobation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disinclination, displeasure, disregard, disrepute, disrespect, dissatisfaction, distaste, distrust, doghouse, indisposition, mistrust, shame, thumbs down, unpopularity |
Antonyms: |
approval, endorsement, favor, like |
| Main Entry: | disrepute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonor, shame |
Synonyms: |
blemish, blot, brand, cloud, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, ignominy, ill fame, ill favor, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, notoriety, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, scar, slur, smear, spot, stain, stigma, taint, unpopularity |
Antonyms: |
esteem, good reputation, honor |
| Concept: | Disrepute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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-nouns
disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness [Henry VIII]; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy., dishonor, disgrace; shame, humiliation; scandal, baseness, vileness; turpitude (improbity); infamy., tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur., crying shame, burning.shame; scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon; bend sinister, bar sinister; champain, point champain; byword of reproach; Ichabod., argumentum ad verecundiam; sense of shame.
-verbs
be inglorious; incur disgrace; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself., play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background (modesty); be conscious of disgrace (humility); look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away., cause shame; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon; be a reproach to; derogate from., tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, deffle; beggar; expel (punish)., impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, villify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend., bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two., obscure. eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow; leave in the background, put in the background; push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint; put out, put out of countenance., upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush (humble).
-adjectives
disgraced; blown upon; "shorn of its beams" [Milton], shorn of one's glory; overcome, downtrodden; loaded with shame; in bad repute; out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance; at a discount; under a cloud, under an eclipse; unable to show one's face; in the shade, in the background; out at elbows, down in the world., inglorious; nameless, renownless; obscure; unknown to fame; unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified., shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable; unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious., ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby, base (dishonorable) [more].
-adverbs
to one's shame be it spoken.
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Antonyms: |
repute |
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