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Infamy

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

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Discredit 76% connected

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

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Dishonor 76% connected

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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Disrepute 76% connected

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

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Notoriety 76% connected

The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notori…

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Infamous 74% connected

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; de…

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Infamous 74% connected

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; de…

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Opprobrium 92% connected

Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language.

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Fame 94% connected

Public report or rumor.

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Fame 94% connected

Public report or rumor.

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Abundance noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a perc…

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Amnesia noun · 78% connection

partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"

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Atimy noun · 78% connection

Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.

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Balance noun · 78% connection

To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of b…

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Blot noun · 78% connection

A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.

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Cashier verb · 78% connection

To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.

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Death verb · 78% connection

Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.

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Dedecoration noun · 78% connection

Disgrace; dishonor.

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Defame verb · 78% connection

To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous re…

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Degradation noun · 78% connection

The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abaseme…

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Degrade verb · 78% connection

To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of;…

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Dementia noun · 78% connection

Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

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Die verb · 78% connection

To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions…

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Disgrace noun · 78% connection

The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.

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Dishonest verb · 78% connection

To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.

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Dishonorable adjective · 78% connection

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgr…

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Dishonorary adjective · 78% connection

Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation.

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Disparagement noun · 78% connection

Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity;…

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