English-Thai Dictionary

disreputable

ADJ ที่ ชื่อเสียง ไม่ดี  ที่ ฉาวโฉ่  ที่ ไม่น่าเชื่อ ถือ  disapproval ti-chue-siang-mai-de

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISREPUTABLE

a.[dis and reputable. ] 1. Not reputable; not in esteem; not honorable; low; mean; as disreputable company.
2. Dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to impair the good name, and bring into disesteem. It is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd and the profane.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISREPUTABLE

DISREPUTABLE Dis *rep "u *ta *ble, a.

 

Defn: Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson.

 

Syn. -- Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disreputable

dis rep u ta ble |disˈrepyətəbəl dɪsˈrɛpjədəbəl | ▶adjective not considered to be respectable in character or appearance: think twice before buying cheap fireworks from disreputable sources | he was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable. DERIVATIVES dis rep u ta ble ness noun, dis rep u ta bly |-blē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

disreputable

dis |rep ¦ut |able |dɪsˈrɛpjʊtəb (ə )l | ▶adjective not considered to be respectable in character or appearance: he was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable. DERIVATIVES disreputableness noun, disreputably adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disreputable

disreputable adjective 1 he fell into disreputable company: of bad reputation, infamous, notorious, louche; dishonorable, dishonest, untrustworthy, unwholesome, villainous, corrupt, immoral; unsavory, slippery, seedy, sleazy; informal crooked, shady, shifty, dodgy. ANTONYMS respectable, smart. 2 filthy and disreputable: scruffy, shabby, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel (s ), seedy, untidy, unkempt, disheveled. ANTONYMS respectable, smart.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disreputable

disreputable adjective 1 he fell into disreputable company: scandalous, of bad reputation, infamous, notorious, louche; dishonourable, dishonest, villainous, rascally, ignominious, corrupt, unscrupulous, unprincipled, immoral, untrustworthy, discreditable; contemptible, reprehensible, despicable, disgraceful, shameful, shocking, outrageous; unworthy, base, low, mean; questionable, suspect, suspicious, dubious, unsavoury, slippery; seedy, sleazy, seamy, unwholesome; informal crooked, shady, shifty, fishy; Brit. informal dodgy. ANTONYMS reputable, respectable. 2 they looked so filthy and disreputable that a woman stopped to stare at them: scruffy, shabby, slovenly, down at heel, seedy, untidy, unkempt, dishevelled, disordered, bedraggled, dilapidated, threadbare, tattered, sloppy. ANTONYMS smart.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disreputable

dis rep u ta ble /dɪsrépjətəb (ə )l /形容詞 1 〈人 物などが 〉評判の悪い ; いかがわしい, たちの悪い (↔reputable ).2 みすぼらしい .dis r é p u ta bly 副詞 ～ness 名詞