Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: disreputable
IPA transcription: [dɪsɹ'ɛpjətəbəl]
Pronunciations of disreputable
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disreputable
    Meaning: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
Usage examples
  • The disreputable also found their own places.
  • At the other end of the room Flora was now bestowed on Jack, the disreputable sailor.
  • "I can't do better than to make it clean--to do away with these disreputable signs," said the boy, stubbornly.
  • The boy's dress was rich and expensive, even to his fine silk stockings and tan shoes; but the umbrella looked old and disreputable.
  • This particular bit of acting was heightened by the fact that even in the coldest weather he wears thin summer clothes, generally acid-worn and more or less disreputable.
  • "This is delirium, gentlemen, raving delirium," cried the captain of police; "look at him: drunk, at this time of night, in the company of a disreputable woman, with the blood of his father on his hands....
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edgar Allan Poe, License CC BY-SA 4.0