disreputen.
/dɪsrɪˈpjuːt/ Loss or absence of reputation; ill repute, disesteem, discredit, dishonour.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [noun]
lose1297
misreportc1425
unhonestyc1425
obloquy1469
misfame1482
discredit1551
disfavour1581
disgrace1597
disesteem1603
discredence1611
disestimation1619
disreputation1633
disrepute1653
distrust1667
disreputableness1710
disconsideration1835
nigritude1869
disodour1882
1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Pref. sig. A2v Belisarius then returned to Constantinople with disrepute.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 18 The Holy things of Religion fell at length into Contempt and Dis-repute.
1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 666 It was formerly in great credit as a pectoral, but is now quite in disrepute.
1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. ix. 573 It brings the administration of justice into disrepute.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 89 A large and spacious house which lay under the disrepute of being haunted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
† disreputev.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. To hold as of no reputation; to regard slightingly; to disesteem.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)]
forhowc900
overhowOE
withhuheOE
forhecchec1230
scorna1275
despise1297
spise13..
to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303
to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320
to think scorn ofc1320
to set short by1377
to tell short of1377
to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390
spitea1400
contemnc1425
nought1440
overlooka1450
mainprizec1450
lightly1451
vilipendc1470
indeign1483
misprize1483
dain?1518
to look down on (also upon)1539
floccipend1548
contempta1555
to take scorn ata1566
embase1577
sdeign1590
disesteem1594
vilify1599
to set lightly, coldly1604
disrepute1611
to hold cheapa1616
avile1616
floccify1623
meprize1633
to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642
publican1648
naucify1653
disesteem1659
invalue1673
to set light, at light1718
sneeze1806
sniff1837
derry1896
to hold no brief for1918
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disreputare, to disrepute, to disesteeme.
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem ii. vii. 183 You quote us the Homilies..I think you dis-repute them.
b. To bring into discredit; to defame, disparage.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute
unworthyc1230
alosea1325
low1340
ensclaundre1389
foulc1390
disparagea1400
deface1529
depress1550
discredit?1550
ignoblec1590
redound1591
reproach1593
blame1596
nullify1603
scandal1606
sinka1616
even1625
explode1629
disrepute1649
disrepute1651
lese1678
rogue1678
reflect1769
disconsider1849
dispraise1879
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. §1. 16 The Virgin was betrothed lest honorable marriage might be disreputed.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 380 Is it not infinitely better to be unjustly defamed by men, than to be disreputed by God?
c. To bring discredit or an evil name upon (by one's conduct).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute
unworthyc1230
alosea1325
low1340
ensclaundre1389
foulc1390
disparagea1400
deface1529
depress1550
discredit?1550
ignoblec1590
redound1591
reproach1593
blame1596
nullify1603
scandal1606
sinka1616
even1625
explode1629
disrepute1649
disrepute1651
lese1678
rogue1678
reflect1769
disconsider1849
dispraise1879
1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) iv. ad §10. 335 O teach me to walk, that I may never disrepute the honour of my religion.
1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. ii. 272 Doubting that he would disrepute the Place..by dying here.
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