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Definition of Dishonorable
1. Adjective. Lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor. "Dishonorable in thought and deed"
Attributes: Honorableness, Honourableness
Also: Inglorious, Dishonest, Unjust, Ignoble, Disreputable, Unworthy
Similar to: Black, Disgraceful, Ignominious, Inglorious, Opprobrious, Shameful, Debasing, Degrading, Shabby, Unprincipled, Yellow
Derivative terms: Dishonorableness, Dishonourableness
Antonyms: Honorable
2. Adjective. Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.
Similar to: Ambidextrous, Deceitful, Double-dealing, Double-faced, Double-tongued, Duplicitous, Janus-faced, Two-faced, Beguiling, Deceitful, Fallacious, Fraudulent, Deceptive, Misleading, Shoddy, False, Picaresque, Blackguardly, Rascally, Roguish, Scoundrelly, Thieving, Thievish
Also: Dishonourable, Insincere, Corrupt, Crooked, False, Untrustworthy, Untrusty
Antonyms: Honest
Derivative terms: Dishonorableness
Definition of Dishonorable
1. a. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
Definition of Dishonorable
1. Adjective. Without honor, or causing dishonor ¹
2. Adjective. Lacking respect or ethical principles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dishonorable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishonorable
Literary usage of Dishonorable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naval Courts and Boards by United States Navy Dept (1917)
"Enlisted man: Imprisonment at hard labor for five years and dishonorable discharge.
... Enlisted man: Confinement for one year and dishonorable discharge. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States: Together with the by George Breckenridge Davis (1913)
"dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and one year's
confinement at hard labor. dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and ..."
3. Military Law and the Procedure of Courts-martial by Edgar S. Dudley (1908)
"dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and one year's
confinement at hard labor. dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and ..."
4. An Abridgment of Military Law by William Winthrop (1901)
"dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all confinement at hard labor. dishonorable
discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and one year's pay and ..."
5. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"But when Senators apply the word dishonorable, they do not know either whom ...
Are they dishonorable men? Scornfully do I repel the charge that any one of ..."
6. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"Declared dishonorable contracts invalid. them as a necessary lesson or "song.
... He took г decisive step in declaring all dishonorable contract! invalid.7 ..."
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