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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, adjective [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.]
1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.
He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! --Ecclus. x. 31.
To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak. -- {Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness}, noun -- {Dis*hon"or*a*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dishonorable
adjective
1: lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"; "a dishonorable discharge" [syn: {dishonourable}] [ant: {honorable}]
2: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive [syn: {dishonest}] [ant: {honest}]
3: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest" [syn: {inglorious}] [ant: {glorious}]
4: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" [syn: {base}, {dishonourable}, {immoral}, {unethical}]
5: morally unacceptable; "the dishonorable conduct of trusted men" [syn: {dishonourable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "dishonorable": amoral, bad, base, conscienceless, contemptible, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, dark, debased, degrading, derogatory, despicable, devious, dirty, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonest, disloyal, disreputable, doubtful, dubious, duplicitous, evasive, evil, faithless, felonious, filthy, fishy, flagrant, foul, fraudulent, heinous, hypocritical, ignoble, ignominious, ill-got, ill-gotten, immoral, improper, indirect, infamous, inglorious, insidious, low, mean, not kosher, notorious, objectionable, outrageous, perfidious, questionable, reprehensible, rotten, seamy, shabby, shady, shameful, shameless, shaming, shifty, shoddy, sinister, slippery, sordid, suspicious, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, unbecoming, unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unpraiseworthy, unprincipled, unrespectable, unsavory, unscrupulous, unseemly, unstraightforward, untrustworthy, unworthy, vile, without remorse, without shame
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