dishonored

past tense of dishonor

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Recent Examples of dishonored Naming the reservoir impounded by the dam after the explorer John Wesley Powell dishonored him, Abbey wrote. Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishonored
Verb
  • By the time the cameras stopped clicking and the newsmen flew home, Kentucky had been humiliated in the national press, the onlooker’s violence both disputed and affirmed in accounts of this day.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • LaBella alleges that she was traumatized and humiliated by the experience.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Palestinian Authority, long discredited in the West Bank, has been absent in Gaza.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Colorado contends its law simply regulates licensed therapists by banning a practice that major medical groups have deemed harmful and discredited.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And when placed counter to men in power, we’re shamed; just take the long-overdue imprisonment of Diddy and the public vitriol towards his female victims.
    Essence, Essence, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Kirk’s former chief of staff Mikey McCoy shamed Cohen for the comments in a post on X early Thursday morning.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Set to shoot next year, the series follows Weaving as Alan Armstrong — a brilliant but disgraced lawyer who’s forced to represent a dog on death row, setting him on an unexpected path toward redemption and self-discovery.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is currently the front-runner for New York City mayor, with his closest challenger being formerly disgraced mayor Andrew Cuomo.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Dishonored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishonored. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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