dishonourable

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adjective

British standard spelling of dishonorable.

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Meanings

adjectivedishonourable (comparative more dishonourable, superlative most dishonourable)

comparative more dishonourable · superlative most dishonourable

  1. British standard spelling of dishonorable.

    He adhered to the forms of his religion rather because he felt it would be dishonourable to change that of his fathers, than from any rational or sincere belief of its mysterious doctrines.

    1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 192

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

dishonourable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishonourable

MLA

“dishonourable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishonourable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dishonourable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishonourable.

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