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Dishonorable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISHONORABLE, a.
1. Shameful; reproachful; base; vile; bringing shame on; staining the character, and lessening reputation. Every act of meanness, and every vice is dishonorable.
2. Destitute of honor; as a dishonorable man.
3. In a state of neglect or disesteem.
He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty?

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed" [syn: dishonorable, dishonourable] [ant: honorable, honourable]
2: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive [syn: dishonest, dishonorable] [ant: honest, honorable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1534 1. lacking honor ; shameful <dishonorable conduct> 2. archaic not honored • dishonorableness noun • dishonorably adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dishonorable Dis*hon"or*a*ble, a. [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.] 1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! --Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak. -- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Disreputable, discreditable, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, infamous, ignominious. 2. Base, devoid of honor, shameless, false, false-hearted.

Moby Thesaurus

amoral, bad, base, conscienceless, contemptible, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, dark, debased, degrading, derogatory, despicable, devious, dirty, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonest, disloyal, disreputable, doubtful, dubious, duplicitous, evasive, evil, faithless, felonious, filthy, fishy, flagrant, foul, fraudulent, heinous, hypocritical, ignoble, ignominious, ill-got, ill-gotten, immoral, improper, indirect, infamous, inglorious, insidious, low, mean, not kosher, notorious, objectionable, outrageous, perfidious, questionable, reprehensible, rotten, seamy, shabby, shady, shameful, shameless, shaming, shifty, shoddy, sinister, slippery, sordid, suspicious, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, unbecoming, unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unpraiseworthy, unprincipled, unrespectable, unsavory, unscrupulous, unseemly, unstraightforward, untrustworthy, unworthy, vile, without remorse, without shame