Synonyms: disreputable
Definition: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
Similar words: discreditable
Definition: tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy
Usage: his marks were not at all discreditable
Similar words: discredited, damaged
Definition: being unjustly brought into disrepute
Usage: a discredited politician; her damaged reputation
Similar words: notorious, ill-famed, infamous
Definition: known widely and usually unfavorably
Usage: a notorious gangster; the tenderloin district was notorious for vice; the infamous Benedict Arnold;
Definition: of questionable taste or morality
Usage: a louche nightclub; a louche painting
Similar words: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid, sleazy
Definition: morally degraded
Usage: a seedy district; the seamy side of life; sleazy characters hanging around casinos; sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls- Seattle Weekly; the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils- James Joyce; the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal