Home › Words › D › dishonourdishonour/dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/dishonour means shame or disgrace.dishonour is pronounced /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.nounShame or disgrace.e.g.“You have brought dishonour upon the family.”Lack of honour or integrity.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.verbTo bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.e.g.“You have dishonoured the family.”To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.e.g.“disworshipping and dishonouring God” — 1684, Obadiah Walker, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Epistles of St Paul:To violate or rape.e.g.““My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the crew.”” — 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dishonorary 80% match — Causing dishonour; tending to disgrace. vs dishonour →disgrace 80% match — The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. vs dishonour →dishonoured 78% match — Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonour. vs dishonour →dishonored 76% match — Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonor. vs dishonour →disglory 75% match — Dishonour. vs dishonour →disrepute 73% match — Loss or want of reputation; ill character. vs dishonour →dedecoration 73% match — Disgrace; dishonour. vs dishonour →dishonorable 72% match — Without honor, or causing dishonor. vs dishonour →