DISHONORABLE Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

dishonorable

adjective

(ˌ)dis-ˈä-nə-rə-bəl

as in vile

not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency resorted to dishonorable tactics in order to win the game

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as in notorious

not respectable dishonorable conduct shown by some people while visiting foreign countries

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Recent Examples of dishonorable Jade Fox chose bitterness and dishonorable revenge: poison is deemed a coward’s weapon, and she herself is spiritually poisoned because of her choice. —

ArsTechnica, 14 Feb. 2026 And, inarguably, the pardon power has been put to some dishonorable use by recent administrations. —

Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 There has to be one person in the Marty Supreme universe who’s more dishonorable than Marty is, and Rockwell’s stuck holding the short straw. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Dec. 2025 Daniel Kraus’s latest high-concept literary trapeze act follows a band of dishonorable soldiers on a mission to rescue a fallen angel from the mire of no-man’s-land. —

Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dishonorable

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The abrupt shift into a more dramatic finale assumes an emotional connection to characters who may not be as outrageously vile as Duncan or Carl but who haven’t escaped the show’s jaundiced eye either.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 May 2026
The comment sections beneath those videos were frequently vile.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2026