-v. 5. disgrace, shame, reproach, degrade, abase, debase, vitiate; humiliate, humble, mortify.
6. discredit, disfavor, disprove, depreciate, devaluate, lower, reduce; demean, belittle, derogate, detract, disparage, decry, deprecate, vilipend, deflate.
7. insult, affront, injure, abuse, illtreat, maltreat, outrage; slight, be discourteous.
8. slur, impute, asperse, denigrate, defame, vilify, slander, libel, smear, smirch, besmirch, blot, taint, attaint, tarnish, spot, smudge, brand, stigmatize.
9. Commerce, bilk, welsh, cheat, default, refuse to accept a bill or charge, refuse to honor by payment, decline to pay or redeem, Inf. rip off, SI. skip town, Brit. SI. do a moonlight flit, Brit. SI. levant.
10. rape, ravish, debauch, seduce, deflower, abuse sexually, assault, Obs. devirginate, Obs. construpate; violate, pollute, defile.
dishonorable, adj. 1. shameful, disgraceful, degraded, inglorious; infamous, ignominious, odious, opprobrious, sordid, despicable, contemptible, detestable, degenerate, depraved, reprehensible, foul, heinous, debased, corrupt, base, vile, evil, bad, arrant; mean, low, villainous, ignoble.
2. shameless, unprincipled, unscrupulous, unfair, unjust; disreputable, discreditable, Inf shady.
3. shocking, outrageous, notorious, scandalous, unmentionable, flagrant; indecent, ribald, lewd, low-minded; improper, unseemly, unbecoming, unworthy, undutiful, delinquent, unconscientious, objectionable, uncommendable, reprovable, peccable, illaudable.
4. treacherous, perfidious, false-hearted, traitorous, untrustworthy, venal, crooked.
dishonored, adj. 1. shamed, disgraced, reproached, ill-famed; disfavored, SI. in the doghouse; humiliated, mortified, humbled.
2. discredited, invalidated, refuted; belittled, disparaged, deprecated, depreciated, derogated, deflated, decried.
3. affronted, insulted, slighted, abused, ill-treated, maltreated; shocked, outraged, scandalized.
4. raped, ravished, debauched, seduced, deflowered, abused sexually, assaulted; violated, polluted, defiled.
5. libeled, slandered, aspersed, slurred, denigrated, defamed, smirched, besmirched, smeared, stained, tarnished, tainted, blemished, smudged, branded, stigmatized.
disillusion, v. disillusionize, disenchant, disabuse, undeceive, unbeguile; open [s.o.'s] eyes, make [s.o.] see the light, wake [s.o.] up, disentrance, unhypnotize, break the spell, snap [s.o.] out of it; burst [s.o.'s] bubble, shatter [s.o.'s] illusions, make [s.o.] see the real world, make [s.o.] grow up; tell [s.o.] the truth about [s.t.], clue [s.o.] in, set [s.o.] straight, set [s.o.] right, correct [s.o.].
disinclination, n. reluctance, hesitance, lack of desire, indisposition, unwillingness, averseness, loathness; objection, demur, opposition, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, resistance, renitence, renitency.
2. distaste, dislike, disrelish, aversion, repugnance, antipathy, disgust, loathing, abhorrence,
disinclined, adj. reluctant, not in the mood, indisposed, unwilling, loath; averse, antipathetic, opposed, recalcitrant, resistant, renitent.
disinfect, v. antisepticize, free from infection, sterilize, sanitize, sanitate, rid of germs; fumigate, deodorize; decontaminate, cleanse, clean, purify, depurate, purge.
disinfectant, n. bactericide, antiseptic, sterilizer, san-itizer; fumigant, deodorizer, deodorant; decontamina-tor, cleanser, cleaner, purifier, depurative, purger.