What is another word for bad name?

Pronunciation: [bˈad nˈe͡ɪm] (IPA)

A bad name is a negative reputation or perception about someone or something. There are various synonyms for this phrase that convey the same notion, such as disgrace, dishonor, infamy, disrepute, notoriety, stigma, ignominy, or shame. These words carry the weight of negative associations and imply a tarnished reputation. All of them suggest that one's actions or consequences have led to a loss of esteem or credibility in the eyes of others. Having a bad name can hinder one's personal and professional growth and make it challenging to gain trust and respect. Therefore, it is essential to maintain a good reputation by practicing honesty, integrity, and responsibility.

What are the hypernyms for Bad name?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Bad name

  • There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It gave publishers license to get a little greedy.
    Beck
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  • A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.
    Scottish Proverb
  • Mark Satin's irritating is a timely clue to what gave liberalism a bad name. It opens breathlessly. ... Satin ... perceive[s] obvious solutions to almost everything. The greater part of the book consists of short chapters that state daunting problems and then summarily solve them. ... Why do so many liberal preachments grate like glass shards on a blackboard? Well, maybe it's the tone, the disdain of politics, the smug armchair analyses, the insufferable smart-aleckness.
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  • The moderns contended that the concentration on virtue contradicts the concern for well-being. Aristotle admitted that “equipment” as well as virtue is necessary for happiness, but he said nothing about how that equipment is acquired. A careful examination of the acquisition of equipment reveals that virtue impedes that acquisition. Liberality, for example, presupposes money and not caring for it overmuch. But one must care for it to get it. Moreover, spending money exhausts it, so that liberality makes the need for acquisitiveness greater than it would have been without the virtue. Liberality both discourages and encourages acquisitiveness, putting man in contradiction with himself. … The miser is not likely to need to steal. And his quest for profit can, properly channeled, produce benefits for others. In the old system he is given a bad conscience and a bad name. But it would seem that nature is not kind to man, if the two elements of happiness—virtue and equipment—are at tension with one another. Equipment is surely necessary, so why not experiment with doing without virtue? If a substitute for virtue can be found, the inner conflict that renders man’s life so hard could be resolved.
    Allan Bloom

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