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The state of being held in low esteem
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disrepute
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from dis- + repute (n.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute" [syn: discredit ] [ant: repute ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disrepute \Dis`re*pute"\, n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB bring ▪ They were banned and fined £500 for bringing the game into disrepute . ▪ Martin O'Neill, manager of Conference side Wycombe Wanderers, has again been charged with bringing the game into disrepute . ▪ As long ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. vb. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.
Usage examples of disrepute.
The American Motorcycle Association bars roving motorcycle gangs from membership for casting the sport into disrepute.
Knew ye not that ye could not appear in a mask more fashioned to move my bile than in that of these gilders and lackerers of the smooth surface of worthlessness, that bring the gold of true valour into disrepute, by stamping the baser metal with the fairer im-pression?
These last immoralists are privy to the elements which enter into that disrepute: the ire of women whose devices they have resisted and the envy of men who have succumbed.
Spanish inheritance, that leads him to aim at the law or even at a picayune Government clerkship, leaving agriculture, manufacture, engineering or any sort of productive occupation in a sort of tacit disrepute.
Combined with arrears in ransom, cancellation of the “hostages’“ treaty, to which he had assented, and non-fulfillment of other cessions, it brought his own honor into disrepute and left him no way out, so he claimed, but to return to captivity.
The legends of past braveries and the very reason for their existence fell into disrepute.
The legends of past braveries and the very reason for their existence fell into disrepute.
None of this, I hasten to add, is intended to bring the feminist movement, or things pertaining to their gender, into disrepute.
Let me simply say here that it is my tentative opinion that the reticence of the Sfondrati-Piccolominis is best explained as the result of their collective shame at the disrepute brought upon their scholarly traditions by the jackanape Houdini Sfondrati-Piccolomini, the which charlatan and rogue did so—"
But color and form, now traits in disrepute, were what excited Lis Atcheson.
This is calculated to disturb certain atevi conservative religious beliefs which are in stark contrast and political opposition to the aiji, who is not a believer in any philosophy, most particularly to throw certain provinces into religious upheaval and certain philosophical leaders into disrepute and disregard.
The gamekeeper was avoided, and his friend Furness fell into great disrepute, after his voluntarily coming forward and giving evidence against old and sworn friends.