Disreputable
Dis‐rep″u‐ta‐ble (?), a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associa...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Dis‐rep″u‐ta‐ble (?), a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associa...
Dis‐rep″u‐ta‐bly, adv. In a disreputable manner.
Dis‐rep′u‐ta″tion (?), n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. “A disreputation of piety.” Jer. Taylor.
Dis′re‐pute″ (?), n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Sco...
Dis′re‐pute″, v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor.
Dis′re‐spect″ (?), n. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope.
Dis′re‐spect″, v. t. To show disrespect to.We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber.
Dis′re‐spect′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Want of respectability. Thackeray.
Dis′re‐spect″a‐ble (?), a. Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.
Dis′re‐spect″er (?), n. One who disrespects.
Dis′re‐spect″ful (?), a. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. — Dis′re‐spect″ful‐ly, adv. — Dis′re‐spect″ful‐ness, n.
Dis′re‐spect″ive (?), a. Showing want of respect; disrespectful. Bp. Hall.
Dis‐rev″er‐ence (?), v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. Sir T. More.
Dis‐robe″ (?; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Disrobed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disrobing.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that ...
Dis‐rob″er (?), n. One who, or that which, disrobes.
Dis‐roof″ (?), v. t. To unroof. Carlyle.
Dis‐root″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disrooting.] To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.A piece of ground ...
Dis‐rout″ (?), v. i. [Cf. OF. desrouter, F. dérouter.] To put to rout. Taylor (1630).
Dis‐rud″der (?), v. t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.
Dis‐ru″li‐ly (?), adv. In a disorderly manner. Rom. of R.
Dis‐ru″ly (?), a. Unruly; disorderly.
Dis‐rupt″ (?), a. [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Dis‐rupt″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disrupting.] To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.
Dis‐rup″tion (?), n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the d...
Dis‐rupt″ive (?), a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.
Dis‐rup″ture (?), n. Disruption. Jefferson.
Dis‐sat′is‐fac″tion (?), n. The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and ...