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dishonourable |
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dishonourable US, dishonorable [dɪsˈɒnərəbəl -ˈɒnrəbəl] adj
1. characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit 2. having little or no integrity; unprincipled dishonourableness US, dishonorableness n dishonourably US, dishonorably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
dishonourable U.S. dishonorable adjective shameful, base, corrupt, infamous, disgraceful, treacherous, scandalous, unscrupulous, shameless, despicable, ignominious, disreputable, contemptible, untrustworthy, unprincipled, ignoble, not cricket (informal), discreditable, blackguardly He insisted he had done nothing dishonourable. Translations dishonourable dishonorable (US) [dɪsˈɒnərəbl] ADJ → deshonroso dishonourable discharge (US) (Mil) → baja f por conducta deshonrosa dishonourable [dɪsˈɒnərəbəl] (British) dishonorable (US) adj (= disreputable) [person] → sans honneur; [behaviour] → déshonorant(e) dishonourable discharge (British) dishonorable discharge (US) n → renvoi de l'armée)m > pour manquement à l'honneur dishonourable, (US) dishonorable adj → unehrenhaft; it was dishonourable of him to do that → es war unehrenhaft, dass er das getan hat dishonourable dishonorable (Am) [dɪsˈɒn/ərəbl] adj → disonorevole dishonourable dishonorable (Am) [dɪsˈɒn/ərəbl] adj → disonorevole How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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(1) The haunch was regarded as a dishonourable portion. And this, as I imagine, is the reason why the forwardness to take office, instead of waiting to be compelled, has been deemed dishonourable. Now some things which are commanded differ from others; not in the business, but in the end proposed thereby: for which reason many works, even of a servile nature, are not disgraceful for young freemen to perform; for many things which are ordered to be done are not honourable or dishonourable so much in their own nature as in the end which is proposed, and the reason for which they are undertaken. |
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