Synonyms of dishonored

dishonored

verb

past tense of dishonor

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes

dishonored herself by fixing the results of her medical research

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliated
• discredited
• shamed
• disgraced
• embarrassed
• degraded
• humbled
• insulted
• confused
• demeaned
• debased
• smirched
• chastened
• cheapened
• rattled
• criticized
• abased
• fouled
• lowered
• diminished
• ridiculed
• took down
• mortified
• sank
• disparaged
• slandered
• condemned
• discounted
• abashed
• flustered
• defiled
• maligned
• belittled
• disconcerted
• minimized
• defamed
• discountenanced
• decried
• discomfited
• confounded
• nonplussed
• libeled
• depreciated
• detracted
• affronted
• castigated
• denounced
• fazed
• censured
• cried down
• execrated
• wrote off
• reprehended
• damned
• reprobated
• bad-mouthed
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• honored
• exalted
• elevated
• recognized
• praised
• celebrated
• cited
• decorated
• deified
• acknowledged
• canonized
• saluted
• applauded
• commended
• cheered
• congratulated
• boasted
• hailed
• lauded
• acclaimed
• eulogized
• complimented
• extolled
• feted
• touted
• aggrandized
• highlighted
• spotlighted
• enshrined
• promoted
• ennobled
• dignified
• glorified
• magnified
• played up
• lifted
• raised
• enthroned
• advanced
• upgraded
• uplifted
• idealized
• boosted
• romanticized
• enskied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dishonored

Ella Baker, Septima Clark, these are extraordinary women who today the Supreme Court has dishonored their legacy and their sacrifices. — NBC news, 10 May 2026

Naming the reservoir impounded by the dam after the explorer John Wesley Powell dishonored him, Abbey wrote. — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025