Dishonorable is an English word with synonyms like dishonourable or inglorious. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dishonorable in a sentence
Dishonorable meaning
- Without honor, or causing dishonor.
- Lacking respect for ethical principles.
Synonyms of Dishonorable
Using Dishonorable
- The main meaning on this page is: Without honor, or causing dishonor. | Lacking respect for ethical principles.
- Useful related words include: dishonourable, inglorious, unknown, false.
- In the example corpus, dishonorable often appears in combinations such as: and dishonorable, the dishonorable, was dishonorable.
Context around Dishonorable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dishonorable
- In this selection, "dishonorable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, current, traitorous, hateful, act, dishonest and old stand out and add context to how "dishonorable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continue a dishonorable tradition and convictions or dishonorable discharges and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dishonorable" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dishonorable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I find it dishonorable. (4 words)
Now Liston was a dishonorable man, as I’ve said. (10 words)
The mainstream media outlets are nothing but the Hateful, Dishonorable, Dishonest propaganda distributors. (13 words)
The cities said the Pentagon had failed to report some 15,000 current or former personnel who could not own guns because of court martial convictions or dishonorable discharges, and that this undermined their ability to fight violent crime. (39 words)
And let this be a lesson to listen very closely to the advice that Biden and his team offer -- and do the exact opposite of whatever that disgraceful and dishonorable old 'fool' demands. (33 words)
House Stark would try to remove certain Targaryen rulers from the Iron Throne, but wouldn’t stoop to the dishonorable act of killing a king or queen. (27 words)
Not that anyone should be put through something that horrific, but why would Claire still be so loyal to her dishonorable friend? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
House Stark would try to remove certain Targaryen rulers from the Iron Throne, but wouldn’t stoop to the dishonorable act of killing a king or queen.
I find it dishonorable.
She also sees her mother in these visions, being transported to Gre’thor (the Klingon hell) for being dishonorable.
And let this be a lesson to listen very closely to the advice that Biden and his team offer -- and do the exact opposite of whatever that disgraceful and dishonorable old 'fool' demands.
Here in the U.S., “legalizing” illegal immigrants by making them guest workers would continue a dishonorable tradition.
The honoring of contracts spoken so solemnly about by those whose lives have been littered with the dishonorable would gain traction that couldn’t be challenged.
There is nothing derogatory or dishonorable about the concept of lobbyists, and it is not sneaky or unseen… there is no sin here.
A path of destruction, as we are seeing through the current dishonorable Congressional Democrats.
The Democrat Party is traitorous, dishonorable, dishonest disgrace and the fools that support them are the same.
The mainstream media outlets are nothing but the Hateful, Dishonorable, Dishonest propaganda distributors.
This dishonorable act is not only demeaning but it reflects desperation and distrust.
But San Francisco also has a long and dishonorable history of censorship and intolerance.
It’s also worth remembering that there are all sorts of dishonorable actions that aren’t crimes.
Moreover, leaving the Kurds to fend for themselves against the superior might of the Turkish military is dishonorable, counterproductive, and wrong.
Not that anyone should be put through something that horrific, but why would Claire still be so loyal to her dishonorable friend?
The cities said the Pentagon had failed to report some 15,000 current or former personnel who could not own guns because of court martial convictions or dishonorable discharges, and that this undermined their ability to fight violent crime.
After his doppelgänger, “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy, the dishonorable Senator from the Great State of Wisconsin.
He reminds me of everything that is unpleasant, servile, weak, ugly, uncouth, cowardly and dishonorable.
However, immigration attorneys told the AP that many immigrants let go in recent weeks were an “uncharacterized discharge,” neither dishonorable nor honorable.
Now Liston was a dishonorable man, as I’ve said.
Common combinations with dishonorable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and dishonorable 4×
- the dishonorable 3×
- was dishonorable 3×
- dishonorable act 2×
- or dishonorable 2×
- dishonorable dishonest 2×
- of dishonorable 2×
- dishonorable discharge 2×
- dishonorable to 2×