Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Disrepute

Nouns
  • disrepute, discredit
  • ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor
  • disapprobation etc. Disapprobation
  • ingloriousness, derogation
  • abasement, debasement
  • abjectness etc. adj.
  • degradation, dedecoration
  • a long farewell to all my greatness [Henry VIII]
  • odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy. dishonor, disgrace
  • shame, humiliation
  • scandal, baseness, vileness
  • turpitude etc. (improbity) Improbity
  • infamy. tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur. crying shame, burning shame
  • badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon
  • bend sinister, bar sinister
  • champain, point champain
  • byword of reproach
  • sense of shame etc. Humility.
Verbs
  • be inglorious etc. adj.
  • incur disgrace etc. n.
  • have a bad name, earn a bad name
  • put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck
  • disgrace oneself, expose oneself. play second fiddle
  • lose caste
  • pale one's ineffectual fire
  • recede into the shade
  • fall from one's high estate
  • keep in the background etc. (modesty) Modesty
  • be conscious of disgrace etc. (humility) Humility
  • look blue, look foolish, look like a fool
  • cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure
  • laugh on the wrong side of the mouth
  • make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away. cause shame etc. n.
  • shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor
  • throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon etc. n.
  • be a reproach etc. n.. to
  • derogate from. tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint
  • discredit
  • degrade, debase, defile
  • beggar
  • expel etc. (punish) Punishment. impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry
  • tread under foot, trample under foot
  • show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon
  • reprehend etc. Disapprobation. bring low, put down, snub
  • take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two. obscure. eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of
  • throw into the shade, cast into the shade
  • overshadow
  • leave in the background, put in the background
  • push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint
  • put out, put out of countenance. upset, throw off one's center
  • discompose, disconcert
  • put to the blush etc. (humble) Humility.
Adjectives
  • disgraced etc. v.
  • blown upon
  • shorn of its beams" [Milton], shorn of one's glory
  • overcome, downtrodden
  • loaded with shame etc. n.
  • in bad repute etc. n.
  • out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance
  • at a discount
  • under a cloud, under an eclipse
  • unable to show one's face
  • in the shade, in the background
  • out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world. inglorious
  • nameless, renownless
  • obscure
  • unknown to fame
  • unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified. shameful
  • disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable
  • despicable
  • questionable
  • unbecoming, unworthy
  • derogatory
  • degrading, humiliating, dedecorous
  • scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable
  • ribald, opprobrious
  • errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious. ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base etc. (dishonorable) Improbity.
Adverbs
  • to one's shame be it spoken.
Int
  • fie!, shame!, for shame!, O tempora! , O mores!, ough!