You wanted to avoid war at the price of dishonour.
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Dishonour
//dɪzˈɒnəɹ//
Synonyms for "dishonour" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
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Related words (46)
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12 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- αἶσχος noun (shame or disgrace)
- ἀτιμία noun (shame or disgrace)
- αἰσχύνω verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
- ἀτιμάζω verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Bengali
2 entries- অসম্মান noun (shame or disgrace)
- জিল্লত noun (shame or disgrace)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безсрамие noun (lack of honour or integrity)
- позор noun (shame or disgrace)
- срам noun (shame or disgrace)
- позоря verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Catalan
4 entries- deshonor noun (shame or disgrace)
- deshonra noun (shame or disgrace)
- deshonorar verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
- deshonrar verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Czech
1 entries- zostudit verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Esperanto
2 entries- malhonoro noun (shame or disgrace)
- malhonorigi verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Finnish
2 entries- häpeä noun (shame or disgrace)
- kunniattomuus noun (lack of honour or integrity)
French
2 entries- déshonneur noun (shame or disgrace)
- déshonorer verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
German
2 entries- Schande noun (shame or disgrace)
- schänden verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (shame or disgrace)
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌰𐌽 verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Ido
2 entries- deshonoro noun (shame or disgrace)
- deshonoro verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Ingrian
1 entries- hävätä verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Italian
2 entries- disonore noun (shame or disgrace)
- disonorare verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Latin
2 entries- ignominia noun (shame or disgrace)
- dehonestō verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Malayalam
1 entries- മാനക്കേട് noun (shame or disgrace)
Māori
4 entries- hōnorekore noun (shame or disgrace)
- hōnorekore noun (lack of honour or integrity)
- kaipirau noun (shame or disgrace)
- kaipirau verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- hwaiɓisha verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Norwegian
2 entries- skam noun (shame or disgrace)
- vanære noun (shame or disgrace)
Old English
1 entries- ǣwisċ noun (shame or disgrace)
Old French
1 entries- desonor noun (shame or disgrace)
Old Norse
1 entries- vanheiðr noun (shame or disgrace)
Old Occitan
1 entries- deshonor noun (shame or disgrace)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رذالت noun (shame or disgrace)
Persian
1 entries- ننگ noun (shame or disgrace)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Oniea noun (shame or disgrace)
- Plautdietsch: Schaund noun (shame or disgrace)
Polish
3 entries- dyshonor noun (shame or disgrace)
- hańba noun (shame or disgrace)
- niehonor noun (shame or disgrace)
Portuguese
2 entries- desonra noun (shame or disgrace)
- desonrar verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Russian
4 entries- бесче́стие noun (shame or disgrace)
- позо́р noun (shame or disgrace)
- срам noun (shame or disgrace)
- бесче́стить verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विमान noun (shame or disgrace)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- beščašće noun (shame or disgrace)
- бешчашће noun (shame or disgrace)
- obeščašćivati verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
- обешчашћивати verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Spanish
4 entries- desdoro noun (shame or disgrace)
- deshonor noun (shame or disgrace)
- deshonra noun (shame or disgrace)
- dejemplar verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Swedish
2 entries- vanheder noun (shame or disgrace)
- vanhedra verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Tamil
2 entries- அவமானம் noun (shame or disgrace)
- களங்கம் noun (shame or disgrace)
Telugu
1 entries- అవమానించు verb (to bring disgrace upon someone or something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- безче́стя noun (shame or disgrace)
- ганьба́ noun (shame or disgrace)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
There is less dishonour in my death than in life as you propose it to me.
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It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
Source: tatoeba (8102700)
You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.
Source: tatoeba (10195680)
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