Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dishonorable

/dɪsˈɑnɚəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: dis-hon-or-able
IPA: /dɪsˈɑnɚəbəl/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without honor, or causing dishonor.

American usage

adj

Lacking respect for ethical principles.

American usage

Example Sentences

"I say not always dishonorable qualifications, but a certain flexibility of disposition; a certain courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths, and adapt ourselves to the prejudices of the minds of others […]"
"But, setting this view aside, dishonorable would it be in the South were she willing to abandon to shame the memory of brave men who with signal personal disinterestedness warred in her behalf, though from motives, as we believe, so deplorably astray."
"His sadistic self-torturings finally landed him in a pretty mess: still completely married, practically sure he was in love with Tillie, he made dishonorable proposals of marriage to two other women."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more dishonorable (comparative) most dishonorable (superlative) dishonourable (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

dishonorableness dishonorably

Phrases

dishonorable discharge

Synonyms

disingenuous grubby ignoble dishonest dishonourable

Rhymes With

honorable honourable

Questions

How do you pronounce dishonorable?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈɑnɚəbəl/.
What does dishonorable mean?: Without honor, or causing dishonor.

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