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Thesaurus: disrepute

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

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  1. n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
  2. v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.
  3. n. the state of being held in low esteem
  4. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.] More inclined to love them tan to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor.
  5. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem;discredit.At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell intogeneral disrepute. Sir W. Scott.
  6. n:100 n. the state of being held in low esteem