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Word Meanings - SHENDSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to SHENDSHIP)

  • REPROACHER
    One who reproaches.
  • REPROACH
    LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your
  • REPROACHFUL
    1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn.
  • REPROACHLESS
    Being without reproach.
  • DISGRACE
    1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak. 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor
  • DISGRACER
    One who disgraces.
  • DISGRACEFUL
    Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.
  • REPROACHABLR
    1. Deserving reproach; censurable. 2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. Sir T. Elyot. -- Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*proach"a*bly, adv.
  • IRREPROACHABLY
    In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
  • IRREPROACHABLENESS
    The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
  • SELF-REPROACHING
    Reproaching one's self. -- Self`-re*proach"ing*ly, adv.
  • SELF-REPROACH
    The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
  • UNREPROACHABLE
    Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.
  • SELF-REPROACHED
    Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
  • IRREPROACHABLE
    Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless. He erred, -- and who is free from error -- but his intentions were irreproachable. Beattie.

 

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