单词 | dishonour |
释义 | dishonourdishonorn. 1. a. The reverse of honour; the withholding of the tokens of esteem, respect, or reverence due to any one; the condition in which these are withheld or the contrary shown; a state of shame or disgrace; ignominy, indignity. to do (a) dishonour to: to treat with indignity, to dishonour, violate the honour of; to the dishonour of, so as to bring into dishonour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] unworshipc888 bismerc893 shameOE shondOE shendnessc1000 shendinga1220 shendlaca1225 slander1297 brixlea1300 shendship1303 hounteec1330 dishonourc1380 reproofc1380 defamationa1387 dishonestyc1386 hountagec1390 defamea1393 disworshipa1400 mishonoura1400 villainya1400 shendc1400 rebukec1425 contemptc1430 reproach?a1439 reprobationa1450 disfamec1460 opprobry?a1475 lackc1480 shentc1480 vitupery1489 defamy1490 opprobre1490 dain?a1500 contemnment1502 ignominy?1527 scandalization1530 ignomy1534 contumely1555 disglory1567 dehonestationa1575 disgrace1592 attainder1597 disreputation1601 defaming1611 ignominiousness1655 adoxy1656 opprobrium1684 shonda1961 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 563 Þys day he falleþ in deshonour. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 23644 Þe wicked..of all sal þai haue dishonur. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4412 Joseph souht on me in boure Forto do me dis-honoure. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvii. 231 Suffre none yll to be done to that good lady..nor no dyshonour. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxvij Many slaunderous woordes, to the quenes dishonor. 1553 tr. Short Catech. 26 b He came downe from hiest honour to deepest dishonoure, even the dishonour..of the crosse. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxix. 19 My shame and my dishonor . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 57 Some dishonor wee had in the losse of that drum. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xii. 38 He would rather dye..then live in dishonor. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Apr. (1965) I. 401 They have invented Lyes to the Dishonnour of their Enemys. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xii. 84 They cannot retreat without dishonour. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 10 Wouldst thou..Harp on the deep dishonour of our house? 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 192 Never bring Dishonor on the stock from which I sprang. b. with a and plural: An instance of this, an infliction of disgrace; a piece of ignominious treatment, an indignity, an insult. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > an insult bismer971 unworshipc1200 hard wordc1225 despite1297 dishonourc1320 conteckc1380 reproofa1382 filthc1400 rebukec1425 contumelyc1450 probrec1460 reproacha1513 abusion1570 disgrace1586 affront1588 mockery1603 disobligement1635 disobligation1655 contumelacy1657 insult1671 humps and grumps1727 foul-mouthing1821 mudball1846 slam1884 burn1942 a kick in the teeth1972 c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 482 Who had the done this desonour? 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 154 Thre dyshonoures in the same day he moste suffyre. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling Pref. 2 Women, who could hardly have descended to such dishonours. 2. A cause or source of shame, a disgrace. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace shendship1303 stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.)a1382 lackc1480 dishonour1553 discredit1574 disgrace1590 shame1609 opprobrium1656 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jvij They toke it for a dishonour, to..forsake theyr Captayne. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 22v Images..displease [God] as certaine dishonors of his maiestie. 1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 115 Who think it no dishonour to their understandings to credit their Creator. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 133 His little daughter, whose sweet face He kiss'd,..Becomes dishonour to her race. 3. Commerce. Refusal or failure to ‘honour’ or pay (a bill of exchange, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > use of bills of exchange > state of being due for payment > refusal to pay dishonour1834 1834 J. Chitty Law Contracts (ed. 2) 597 The creditor..upon dishonour of the instrument brings an action. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking v. 112 Notice of dishonour should be given to each indorser. 1885 Law Times 6 June 94/1 The payee of a cheque cannot bring an action for its dishonour against the banker on whom it is drawn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dishonourdishonorv. The opposite or reverse of to honour n. 1. transitive. To deprive of honour; to treat with dishonour or indignity; to violate the honour, respect, or recognition of position due to any one. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] unworthc1200 unworshipc1380 to hold no state ofa1400 dishonour1411 wrongc1449 disglorify1584 baffle1592 indignify1595 deglory1610 disrespect1614 violate1692 undertreat1721 deconsider1881 1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/1 Hym to harme and dishonure. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. x. 23 This seed schal be disonourid, that passith the comaundementis of the Lord. c1450 Crt. of Love 1252 Love shal be contrarye To his availe, and him eke dishonoure. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John viii. f. cxxxiijv I honour my father, and ye have dishonoured me. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. x. 42 To Value a man..at a low rate, is to Dishonour him. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 404 [She] fear'd not unholy the blessed dead to dishonour. 2. To violate the honour or chastity of; to defile. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > a woman forliec1275 defoulc1290 dishonour1393 defilea1400 file?a1400 spilla1400 foilc1440 diviciatec1470 foul?1473 fulyie1505 vitiate1547 dishonest1565 fray1567 out1922 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 322 Which sigh her suster pale and fade And specheles and deshonoured. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clix. 614 To the entente to haue dyshonored her & to haue had her to his wyfe. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. v. i. 510 She..exclaimed that she was now unworthy of his notice, having been dishonoured by Cásim. 3. To bring dishonour or disgrace upon, by one's conduct, etc.; to disgrace. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [verb (transitive)] to say or speak (one) shamec950 to bring, make to shondOE awemOE shamec1175 unmenskc1225 to bring, shape, turn to shamea1250 to do villainy or a villainy1303 to bring, drive to scornc1320 honisha1325 dishonesta1382 unhonourc1384 defamea1387 slandera1387 disworshipa1450 vituper1484 disfamea1533 to shend ofc1540 defect1542 dishonour1568 disgrace1573 escandalize1574 mishonour1576 yshend1579 scandalize1583 traduce1605 beclown1609 dedecorate1609 disdignify1625 vilify1651 lynch1836 1568 E. Tilney Brief Disc. Mariage (new ed.) sig. Bivv He was faine to please, and content her, least she should dishonour him. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 20 Shall I so much dishonour my faire starres On equall termes to giue them chasticement? 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 83 Friendly Usage..which we had not in the least dishonour'd. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick (1840) i. i. 14 To find he had dishonoured, by his example, the doctrine of sobriety. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 217 America..dishonours herself by tolerating slavery. 1854 J. Ruskin Lect. Archit. iii. 170 The water is not dishonoured by that thirst of the diseased, nor is nature dishonoured by the love of the unworthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of an honour, distinction, or office stripc1320 spoilc1430 regrade1534 exute1535 dishonour1654 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 180 As if you should..dishonour a cock of his spurrs. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 515 His Scalp..dishonour'd quite of Hair. 5. Commerce. To refuse or fail to accept or pay (a bill of exchange, etc.); to make default in meeting (a promissory note). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > use bills of exchange protest1479 retire1610 imprest1617 to take up1655 honour1664 discount1671 indulge1766 dishonour1811 cover1866 sight1866 protect1884 1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist II. 285 Dishonour, a term used when the acceptance or payment of bills of exchange, etc., is refused. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VIII. lxvii. 226 He found..that Hurst & Co. had dishonoured a bill of Constable's. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods I. xxiv. 51 Nor leave Thy debts dishonoured. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Kitty Alone II. 97 The man to whom he had given the bill that was dishonoured. Derivatives disˈhonouring n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > [noun] > action of dishonouring1525 disgracement1561 discountenancing1574 disgrace1581 disgracing1582 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective] vile1297 derogative1477 derogatory1502 vild1568 derogatoriousa1575 lessening1592 dishonoured1608 indignous1611 derogant1616 unmanning1625 infimatinga1641 prostituting1646 embasing1652 menial1673 degrading1684 debasing1775 vilifying1781 degradatory1783 dishonouring1843 relegating1872 demeaning1880 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xcii. [lxxxviii.] 278 To come..on payne of dishonourynge. 1564 Briefe Exam. A iv Horrible..sacriledges and dishonorynges of God. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vi. 91 I had deemed it dishonouring in a noble nature to countenance insult to a noble enemy in his absence. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. Comm. 68 Any dishonouring outrage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1320v.1393 |
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