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[ dis-rep-yuh-tuh-buhl ] / dɪsˈrɛp yə tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR disreputable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom. discreditable; dishonorable. shabby or shoddy; of poor quality or condition: disreputable clothes. Origin of disreputableFirst recorded in 1765–75; dis-1 + reputable SYNONYMS FOR disreputable2 disgraceful, ignoble, unprincipled, objectionable, low, shameful, debased. SEE SYNONYMS FOR disreputable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM disreputabledis·rep·u·ta·bil·i·ty, dis·rep·u·ta·ble·ness, noundis·rep·u·ta·bly, adverbWords nearby disreputabledisregardful, disrelated, disrelish, disremember, disrepair, disreputable, disreputation, disrepute, disrespect, disrespectable, disrespectful Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for disreputableActing was still a disreputable profession, but respectable Nelly is reluctant to become his kept woman. Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens in Love|Caryn James|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST The program was called “disreputable if not outright illegal” by some NSA officials and was ultimately shut down in 1973. Why the NSA’s Vietnam-Era Watch List Is Still Relevant|Caitlin Dickson|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST So far, so disreputable, especially if you bought into Assange's rock-star status. I Love the Julian Assange Show!|Tracy Quan|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST In 1972, as a young director, he saw his first film released to a handful of disreputable theaters. Stop Remaking Horror Movies!|Keith Phipps|April 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Or must they have been pushed, perhaps by her disreputable boyfriend or even a deranged stranger? A Novelist's Biracial Struggle|John Douglas Marshall|March 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST He left his disreputable companions and entered the army honorably. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851|Various He choked, recovered himself, and continued: "Disreputable quarters of Algiers—hem———" The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne|Robert Hichens His reputation is that of a lazy, good-for-nothing, disreputable dead beat and loafer. Analyzing Character|Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb Such a circumstance would be disreputable to the judges themselves as well as to our judicial system. The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge He might be satisfied with painting the portraits of those people, disreputable society men and women. Woman Triumphant|Vicente Blasco Ibaez
British Dictionary definitions for disreputable
adjectivehaving or causing a lack of repute disordered in appearance Derived forms of disreputabledisreputability or disreputableness, noundisreputably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to disreputablecontemptible, vile, shady, despicable, shameful, sordid, abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, derogatory, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous |