dishonoring

ADJECTIVE

derogatory

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defamatory degrading demeaning disparaging sarcastic slanderous unflattering

WEAK

aspersing belittling calumnious censorious contumelious critical damaging decrying deprecatory depreciative despiteful detracting disdainful fault-finding humiliating injurious malevolent malicious maligning minimizing opprobrious reproachful scornful slighting spiteful unfavorable vilifying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

complimentary

WEAK

appreciative favorable flattering praising

ADJECTIVE

opprobrious

Synonyms

WEAK

abasing calumniatory contemptuous contumelious damaging debasing defamatory defaming denigrating depreciative derogative despicable despiteful detractive disgracing disparaging humiliating hurting injuring injurious insolent insulting invective libeling malevolent malign malignant maligning notorious offending offensive pejorative reproaching reviling scandalous scurrilous shaming spiteful truculent vile vitriolic vituperative vulgar

Antonyms

WEAK

complimentary flattering kind nice praising

NOUN

meanness

Synonyms

STRONG

belittling cheating scolding

WEAK

coveting deceiving defaming defrauding degrading groveling grudging quarreling shaming sneaking

Antonyms

WEAK

generosity nobility worthiness

Example Sentences

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Instead, they dishonor their country by dishonoring its people.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

And that’s why 100 years later, we would be dishonoring them if we weren’t standing up for this.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2021

“Older blacks thought that I was dishonoring MLK,” Newsome said.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2020

I felt like I was a committing a crime, or at the very least, dishonoring the innocent cake I had just baked.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2019

Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela