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dishonorary

dishonorary adjective: causing dishonour; tending to disgrace.

Adjective

dishonorary (comparative more dishonorary, superlative most dishonorary)

  1. Causing dishonour; tending to disgrace.
    • authorizing something to be done respecting another , which is dishonorary to himself1812, Noah Worcester, Bible News

Forms of dishonorary

comparativemore dishonorary
superlativemost dishonorary

Questions about dishonorary

What does dishonorary mean?
Dishonorary means causing dishonour; tending to disgrace.
What part of speech is dishonorary?
Dishonorary is an adjective.

Words near dishonorary in the dictionary

  1. dishonorable discharge
  2. dishonorable discharges
  3. dishonorableness
  4. dishonorably
  5. dishonorably discharged
  6. dishonorary
  7. dishonored
  8. dishonorer
  9. dishonorers
  10. dishonorest
  11. dishonoreth

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