disreputableness
Example Sentences
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His face was white and puffy, and about him there hung like a nimbus a sodden disreputableness.
From The Adventures of Sally by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
The girl swept De Launay with hard, disdainful eyes, and he knew that she was forming a concept of mademoiselle by comparison with his own general disreputableness.
From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by William West Winter
Now her disreputableness contrasted strongly with his correct black coat and general air of civilized well-being.
From Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb
It was much the same in disreputableness of aspect as when he left it.
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He evidently recognised them as a sort of scurvy spirits, good to be slighted, because of their disreputableness.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
