English → Latin
“discreditable” in Latin
inhonestusdishonorable; disgraceful; shamefulturpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefuturpitūdōugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity; baseness, indecency, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitudedēdecusdisgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame, discredit.; That which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish.; A shameful act; vicesA letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /s/.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discreditable
inhonestus: dedecoris plenus: turpis, etc. [Vid: DISGRACEFUL]. To be discreditable, turpitudini, dedecori, or probro esse, etc. Vid: “to be a discredit,” etc., under DISCREDIT, s.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discreditable?
- The usual Latin words for “discreditable” are inhonestus, turpis, turpitūdō; also dēdecus, s. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.