Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom's conduct brought his family into disrepute.

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  2. The family name fell into disrepute following their son's federal indictment.

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  3. Mayor Jackson brought Boston into considerable disrepute.

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  4. The Jackson family fell into disrepute after Tom's arrest.

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Forms

disreputes, disreputing, disreputed, disreputed
Base formdisrepute · to disrepute
3rd person singulardisreputes
Present participledisreputing
Past simpledisreputed
Past participledisreputed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisrepute
he, she, itdisreputes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisreputed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disreputed
he, she, ithas disreputed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disrepute

Synonyms

64 synonyms
discreditB2blameA2blazeB2blurB2cloudA1detractC2dirtyA1disgraceB2disparageC2foulB2muddyB2reproachC2revileC2scandalB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disrepairdisreputabledisrespectdisrespectfuldisrespectfully

Dictionary 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.

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