English > disreputable: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance. |
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Attribute of | repute, reputation | The state of being held in high esteem and honor |
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Narrower | discreditable | tending to bring discredit or disrepute |
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discredited, damaged | unjustly brought into disrepute |
ill-famed, infamous, notorious | Known widely and usually unfavorably |
louche | Of questionable taste or morality |
seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid | morally degraded |
See also | dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
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unrespectable | Unworthy of respect |
Opposite | reputable | Having a good reputation |
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Nouns | disreputability, disreputableness | dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation / reputation |
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Adverbs | disreputably | in a disreputable manner |
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