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.