as in humiliating
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
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Recent Examples of dishonoring
The Navy should be able to tell the difference between honoring a visitor and dishonoring the dead.
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Jon Duffy,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
Some of those critics faced a backlash from Republicans who saw them as dishonoring Kirk, leading to firings by universities, sports teams and media companies.
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ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
So protesting its bellicose whirl / Is hardly dishonoring him / When Israel’s onslaught is grim.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
There are no penalties for dishonoring parents or coveting, for example.
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Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Jon Duffy,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
Some of those critics faced a backlash from Republicans who saw them as dishonoring Kirk, leading to firings by universities, sports teams and media companies.
—
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
So protesting its bellicose whirl / Is hardly dishonoring him / When Israel’s onslaught is grim.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
There are no penalties for dishonoring parents or coveting, for example.
—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishonoring
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Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
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The autocrat delights in humiliating so many people, not least tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who once opposed him.
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Defense attorney Tom Mesereau was an expert at discrediting witnesses, subjects told the filmmakers, but certain key witnesses, like Janet Arvizo, struggled to connect with the jury on their own.
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If the Knicks had that happen to them, everyone would be discrediting them.
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Why are adults so comfortable publicly disgracing Black teenage girls going to their prom and being cruel toward strangers who are sometimes half their age?
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The plotting becomes needlessly complicated at times, such as with Jack becoming a local hero after foiling a burglary, and later disgracing himself with a drunken tirade at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, which leads to him being arrested and put on trial.
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Liberals, who unfortunately make up the vast majority of sports media, will celebrate athletes endorsing/hanging out with Democrat politicians, while shaming those like Dart that dare to be conservative and Trump supporters.
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Sometimes there can be a lot of shaming in religious settings.
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Yet the more important revolution may be occurring much closer to the front, where inexpensive drones are removing personnel, disrupting logistics, degrading air defenses and redefining the relationship between mass, maneuver, and military power.
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With fewer cars coming in, fewer sales are going out, further degrading its standing with corporate.
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“Dishonoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishonoring. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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