dishonour

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable) Shame or disgrace.
2. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable) Lack of honour or integrity.
3. (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.

Verb

1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
2. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
3. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) To violate or rape.

Sinonieme

disgrace

dishonor

disrespect

ignominy

shame

discredit

infamy

revile

outrage

indignity

dishonor

attaint

insult

contempt

opprobrium

humiliate

humiliation

ravish

reproach

dishonour by non-acceptance

rape

degradation

dishonour by non-payment

violate

shamefulness

impoliteness

defile

dispise

dishonesty

affront

disregard

assault

injustice

jilt

knavery

mortification

obloquy

odium

offence

abandon

play down

prostitute

reject

renounce

reprobate

repudiate

ridicule

roguishness

rule out

scorn

Vertalings

déshonorer

déshonneur

disonorare

disonore

Unehre

entehren

deshonrar

desonra

αίσχος

ατιμία

desonrar

vergonha

Schande

honte

deshonor

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.