27 Verbs to Use for the Word dishonor

Pius IX was hardly more fortunate; to him also this fatal war brought dishonor and exile, the loss of the affection of his subjects, and of the admiration of the civilized world.

This haughtiness gave pain not only to the senate, but the people, who thought the contempt of that body reflected dishonor upon the whole Commonwealth; for all who could decently withdraw went off greatly dejected.

The outraged woman waited till her husband and father could be summoned; and, having told her dreadful tale, and entreated them to avenge her dishonor, she plunged a dagger to her heart.

He urged every power of his frame to avert the dishonor, with the desperate energy of an Italian, and then he cast himself into the bottom of the gondola, tearing his hair and weeping in agony.

Yet I swear I am dowered with more sense than Sir John Johnson, with his pale eyes and thick, white flesh, and his tarnished honor to dog him like the shadow of a damned man sold to Satan" "Is he dishonored?" "Is a parole broken a dishonor?

one's ear, slink away. cause shame &c n.; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon &c n.; be a reproach &c n.. to; derogate from. tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar;

In fact, "many of those nearest his person and of highest credit out of England were his deadly foes, sworn to compass his dishonor, his confusion, and eventually his death, and in correspondence with his most powerful adversaries at home and abroad.

As it will be inquired at the day of judgment concerning the dishonors to the person of Christ, so also concerning the profession and institution of Christ, and concerning His poor members; for by these also we make sad reflections upon our Lord.

For the apostle mentions them for this very purpose, that by considering the dishonor into which thou fallest, thou mightest recover thyself from this conformity, and return to thy proper dignity.

[Sidenote:2] Though this was his behavior to all throughout the course of his reign, still he quite outdid himself in dealing dishonor and ruin to his father's and brother's friends.

Verily, lord marshal, you do demand our dishonor when you would have us and our castle surrendered to a dead knight.'

one's ear, slink away. cause shame &c n.; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon &c n.; be a reproach &c n.. to; derogate from. tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar;

And those who had been slighted were not at all angry at their comrades, but added their doubts of the sincerity of the decrees, imputing their dishonor to all and sharing their anger with them.

" "The house of Lindsay & Co. has never known dishonor" The merchant wiped his spectacles,but it was the eyes that were dim, not the glasses.

And to marry his dishonor besides?

A man whom we have good reason to suspect of meditating his family's dishonor and embarrassment!"

It is easier to outgrow the dishonor of crime than the disabilities of color.

It is useless to paint the dishonor of a court which followed gayly after such a leader.

On the other, to array citizen against citizen, to publish the dishonor of such excesses, to encounter the expense and other embarrassments of so distant an expedition, were steps too delicate, too closely interwoven with many affecting considerations, to be lightly adopted.

He was a man of simple habits and the most exemplary life, whose whole force lay in his extreme devotion to duty and his passionate love for the Church; his sole anxiety was for her glory, and he would have been supremely happy in the life he had chosen, were it not for his growing anxiety lest from her own sons she should receive dishonor.

I appeal to you, sir, as one gentleman appeals to another, to remove the dishonor you have brought upon my name.

And listen, dear heart, so the world often sees dishonor where there is no dishonor It sees evil in many things where there is only good.

Often he pleaded, often he reminded the Lord that, as his life was His, to save him from reproach, and not let his trust in the Lord suffer dishonor before others.

one's ear, slink away. cause shame &c n.; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon &c n.; be a reproach &c n.. to; derogate from. tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar;

The humanity of the man and his sensitiveness to the wrongs of others are manifest in the description of a young girl forced to beg for a mother, sick and in want, or to accept dishonor with the assistance of a rich man, whose aid is offered at so dear a price.

27 Verbs to Use for the Word  dishonor