Synonyms for disreputable
- adjective
Most common
notorious infamous scandalous sleazy sordid seedy inglorious ignominious
All synonyms
Adjective
scandalous, contemptible, infamous, notorious, sleazy, seedy, inglorious, ignominious, despicable, sordid, reprehensible, dishonorable US, dishonourable UK, disgraceful, shameful, seamy, bad, squalid, derogatory, ill-famed, low, mean, base, scurvy, discreditable, opprobrious, scummy, ignoble, nefarious, vile, shoddy, unworthy, wretched, deplorable, shabby, pitiable, wicked, lousy, woeful, abject, reptilian, beggarly, nithing dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.
Example sentences
- notorious Sharks are notorious for having a thirst for blood.
- infamous Sharks are infamous for their bloodthirsty natures.
- scandalous Did you read this journalist's scandalous article?
- sleazy Tom's a sleazy letch, and he gives Mary the creeps.
- sordid Sami's sordid love affair destroyed his marriage.
- seedy Tom and Mary live in a seedy rundown neighbourhood.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disreputable | rising | |
| notorious | rising | |
| infamous | rising | |
| scandalous | rising | |
| sleazy | rising | |
| sordid | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, low1
- 4 letters
- mean1, base1, vile1
- 5 letters
- lousy2, seedy2, seamy2
- 6 letters
- wicked2, shabby2, sleazy2, sordid2, shoddy2, abject2, scurvy, woeful2, scummy
- 7 letters
- squalid2, ignoble3, nithing
- 8 letters
- infamous3, shameful2, wretched2, unworthy3, pitiable4, beggarly
- 9 letters
- notorious4, nefarious4, reptilian3
- 10 letters
- despicable4, scandalous3, derogatory5, deplorable4, inglorious4
- 11 letters
- disgraceful3, ignominious5, opprobrious
- 12 letters
- dishonorable5, contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5, dishonourable, discreditable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).