Thesaurus / disreputable
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With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy fur cap, as "Old pal."
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSIndeed it took nearly a couple of years to weed out the disreputable members of this body.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANHe would form a circle of disreputable youths, for whose drinks Sogrange was called upon to pay.
THE DOUBLE FOURE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMBeside Clipperton was a disreputable little Mexican with gold rings in his ears.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSIts latter days were dreary, down-at-heel, and disreputable enough.
ART IN ENGLANDDUTTON COOKIt's worn and a bit disreputable, but he wouldn't care for that.
THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINETrue, like your authors, you look sometimes disreputable enough.
MY NEW CURATEP.A. SHEEHANHe never failed to reduce the pile to a disreputable-looking muss.
IN NESTING TIMEOLIVE THORNE MILLERAltogether, the entire judicial system of the Connected States of America was inefficient, disreputable, corrupt.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCESteve and Bob, with their torn and soiled clothes, did present a most disreputable appearance.
THE IRON BOYS ON THE ORE BOATSJAMES R. MEARSWORDS RELATED TO DISREPUTABLE
- ambiguous
- borderline
- chancy
- clouded
- contingent
- debatable
- dicey
- disreputable
- doubtable
- dubious
- dubitable
- equivocal
- far-fetched
- fat chance
- fishy
- hazardous
- hazy
- iffy
- impugnable
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- long shot
- obscure
- on thin ice
- open
- pending
- precarious
- problematic
- shady
- sneaky
- speculative
- suspect
- suspicious
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- uneasy
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsure
- up for grabs
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- amphibological
- borderline
- clear as mud
- clouded
- disreputable
- dubious
- evasive
- fishy
- fuzzy
- hazy
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- misleading
- muddled
- muzzy
- oblique
- obscure
- open
- problematic
- puzzling
- questionable
- suspect
- suspicious
- tenebrous
- unclear
- undecided
- unexplicit
- unintelligible
- vague
- with mixed feelings
- brief
- cowboy
- disreputable
- dubious
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- here-today-gone-tomorrow
- impermanent
- irresponsible
- momentary
- not to be relied upon
- not to be trusted
- passing
- questionable
- shady
- shifty
- short-lived
- slimy
- slippery
- temporary
- treacherous
- trustless
- undependable
- unprofessional
- unreliable
- unsure
- untrustworthy
- abominable
- atrocious
- base
- contemptible
- corrupt
- degenerate
- despicable
- detestable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- egregious
- evil
- flagitious
- foul
- hateful
- heinous
- ignominious
- ill-famed
- iniquitous
- loathsome
- miscreant
- monstrous
- nefarious
- notorious
- odious
- offensive
- opprobrious
- outrageous
- perverse
- questionable
- rotten
- scandalous
- scurvy
- shady
- shocking
- sorry
- unhealthy
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wicked
- abject
- base
- blue
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- crass
- crumby
- dastardly
- degraded
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gross
- ignoble
- ill-bred
- inelegant
- mean
- menial
- miserable
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- raw
- rough
- rude
- scrubby
- scruffy
- scurvy
- servile
- sordid
- unbecoming
- uncouth
- undignified
- unrefined
- unworthy
- vile
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
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