dishonorable
adjective
dishonorable is an adjective meaning “Without honor, or causing dishonor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-I-S-H-O-N-O-R-A-B-L-E and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does dishonorable mean?
adjective
- 1
USWithout honor, or causing dishonor.
I say not always dishonorable qualifications, but a certain flexibility of disposition; a certain courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths, and adapt ourselves to the prejudices of the minds of others […]
- 2
USLacking respect for ethical principles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce dishonorable?
Dishonorable has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dishonorable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dishonorable
- more dishonorable comparative
- most dishonorable superlative
- dishonourable UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is dishonorable?
Dishonorable appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Dishonorable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense without honour:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déshonoré, honteux |
| Spanish | deshonroso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.