different between disrepute vs disfame

English

Etymology

dis- +? repute

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???pju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

disrepute (uncountable)

1. Loss or want of reputation; ill character.

   Synonyms: disesteem, discredit

   • 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering

     The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.

Usage notes

Often used in the construction be in disrepute, bring someone (or something) into disrepute or fall into disrepute.

Translations

Verb

disrepute (third-person singular simple present disreputes, present participle disreputing, simple past and past participle disreputed)

1. To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.

Translations

Anagrams

• redispute, superdiet, supertide

English

Etymology

dis- +? fame

Noun

disfame (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) disrepute

   • Fame is half-disfame

Related terms

• defame

Spanish

Verb

disfame

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disfamar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disfamar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disfamar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of disfamar.