dishonour
Shame or disgraceShame or disgrace.
» Such dishonour can only be washed away with blood.
Такой позор можно смыть лишь кровью. — Ooneykcall
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3 senses(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, countable, uncountable)Shame or disgrace.
You have brought dishonour upon the family.
Schande
позо́рpozór, бесче́стиеbesčéstije, срамsram
безче́стяbezčéstja, ганьба́hanʹbá
a state of shame or disgrace
(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, countable, uncountable)Lack of honour or integrity.
lacking honor or integrity
(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, countable, uncountable)Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.
Examples
7 sentencesSuch dishonour can only be washed away with blood.
ruТакой позор можно смыть лишь кровью. — Ooneykcall
You wanted to avoid war at the price of dishonour.
Tom dishonoured my family.
There is less dishonour in my death than in life as you propose it to me.
Dishonoured be he who flees!
deEntehrt sei, wer flieht! — Waldelfe
Translations
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Origin
From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.
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Forms
plural: dishonoursSynonyms
28 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.