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ill repute

ill repute noun: bad reputation; notoriety.

Noun

ill repute (uncountable)

  1. Bad reputation; notoriety.
    • He was held in ill repute, no one would trust him enough to do business with him.
  2. (euphemistic) Prostitution and the sex industry.
    • His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.1997, Aileen Schumacher, Engineering for Murder, page 69

ill repute meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

ill repute in Tamil

வழு

ill repute in Sanskrit

bad reputation
अकीर्ति akīrti

Forms of ill repute

alternative formill-repute

Words formed from ill repute

Questions about ill repute

What does ill repute mean?
Ill repute means bad reputation; notoriety.
What is ill repute in Tamil?
Ill repute in Tamil is வழு. See Ill repute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ill repute?
Ill repute is a noun.

Words near ill repute in the dictionary

  1. ill luck
  2. ill name
  3. ill names
  4. ill news spreads apace
  5. ill off
  6. ill repute
  7. ill turn
  8. ill turns
  9. ill will
  10. ill-adapted
  11. ill-advised

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