Meanings
- uncountableLoss or want of reputation; ill character.
Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii1 more example
The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.
1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLCSynonyms: disesteem, discredit, discredit, disesteem, disfavour, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy
present singular third person disreputes · participle present disreputing · participle past disreputed · past disreputed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLoss or want of reputation; ill character.
verbTo bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
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Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishrepute
- Englishdisrepute
Translations
Catalan descrèdit, desprestigi
- descrèditill character
- desprestigiill character
Chinese Mandarin 名聲不佳 /名声不佳, 使……名聲不好 /使……名声不好
- 名聲不佳 /名声不佳 (míngshēng bùjiā)ill character
- 使……名聲不好 /使……名声不好 (shǐ míngshēng bùhǎo)bring into disrepute
Finnish huono maine, mustamaalata
- huono maineill character
- mustamaalatabring into disrepute
French discrédit
- discréditill character
Greek ανυποληψία
- ανυποληψία (anypolipsía)ill character
Irish míchlú
- míchlúill character
Italian discredito
- discreditoill character
Portuguese descrédito
- descréditoill character
Russian дурна́я сла́ва, сомни́тельная репута́ция
- дурна́я сла́ва (durnája sláva)ill character
- сомни́тельная репута́ция (somnítelʹnaja reputácija)ill character
- плоха́я репута́ция (ploxája reputácija)ill character
Spanish desprestigio, descrédito
- desprestigioill character
- descréditoill character
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disrepute
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Cite this entry
disrepute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrepute
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