v. 1 insult, abuse, affront, outrage, slight, offend, injure His slaughter of the prisoners has dishonoured our flag 2 disgrace, degrade, shame, debase, humiliate, mortify, abase, vitiate, humble We were all dishonoured by our colleague's defection 3 defile, violate, ravish, rape, seduce, deflower, debauch The general learned that his wife had been dishonoured by one of his adjutants
n. 4 disesteem, disrespect, irreverence, slight, indignity, ignominy, disgrace, shame, disrepute, discredit, insult, offence, affront, loss of face, depreciation, belittlement, disparagement, detraction, derogation, obloquy You cannot retreat without dishonour 5 aspersion, defamation, libel, slander, blot, slur, smear, smirch, black mark, blemish, denigration His actions have brought us dishonour