不名誉|ふめいよfumeiyo[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noun, na-adjectivedishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
   君きみの不正ふせい行為こういは我わが校こうの不名誉ふめいよだ。↗

   Your wrongdoing is a disgrace to our school.

• Synonym汚名おめいWrittenWritten/formal word for a bad reputation, as in 「汚名を着せる」 and 「汚名返上」; 「不名誉」 centers on the state of having one's honor damaged.
• Synonym恥辱ちじょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for disgrace; heavier in degree than 「不名誉」, which is more neutral.
• Synonym恥はじNeutralNeutral. The most general word for shame, as in 「恥をかく」; centers on personal feelings.
• Synonym恥さらしはじさらしCasualColloquial. A person or act of public disgrace, used as an insult, as in 「この恥さらし」.
• Synonym不面目ふめんぼくNeutralNeutral. Losing face, with a personal sense of shame; 「不名誉」 is more objective.
• Synonym汚辱おじょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for humiliation and disgrace; rarely used, and heavier than 「不名誉」.
• Synonym名折れなおれNeutralNeutral. Damage to one's name, usually in the pattern 「〜の名折れ」, e.g. 「一門の名折れ」.
• Synonym面汚しつらよごしCasualColloquial. A person or act that shames a group or others, as in 「一族の面汚し」; often used to berate someone.
• Related不評ふひょうNeutralNeutral. Poor reviews or unpopularity, as in 「不評を買う」; centers on word-of-mouth reputation.
• Related汚点おてんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A stain — figuratively, a disgraceful episode in a history or career, as in 「歴史の汚点」.
• Related不評判ふひょうばんNeutralNeutral. A bad reputation, close to 「不評」; centers on public opinion.
• Related顔汚しかおよごしCasualColloquial. A person or act that disgraces or smears others; stresses dragging someone else down.
• Antonym名誉めいよNeutralNeutral antonym: honor and glory, as in 「名誉ある賞」; the direct opposite of 「不名誉」.

Use 「不名誉」 for something that damages honor or is disgraceful, as in 「不名誉な記録」. For a bad reputation choose 「汚名」, for shame 「恥」, for tarnishing a family's or group's name 「名折れ」; for honor, the antonym, use 「名誉」.

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1. 名誉めいよを傷付きずつけること。