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DISHONORED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dishonored mean?
• DISHONORED (adjective)
The adjective DISHONORED has 1 sense:
1. suffering shame
Familiarity information: DISHONORED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering shame
Synonyms:
discredited; disgraced; dishonored; shamed
Similar:
ashamed (feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse)
Context examples
He was going away from them, his pitiful, dishonored children that were welcome nowhere.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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