disrepute meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

disrepute

noun

UK /dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/

Etymology From dis- + repute.

Loss or want of reputation; ill character.

Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:

Synonyms: discredit, disesteem, disfavour, disgrace, dishonour, disrepute, ignominy, ill fame, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, unfame
Antonyms: credit, distinction, esteem, renown, repute
Meronyms: bad name, blot, stigma

verb

Etymology From dis- + repute.

To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.