ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adj. disgraced &c v.; blown upon; shorn of its beams [Milton], shorn of one's glory;
overcome, downtrodden; loaded with shame &c n.; in bad repute &c n.; out of repute, out
of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance; at a discount; under a cloud, under an
eclipse; unable to show one's face; in the shade, in the background; out at elbows, down
at the elbows, down in the world.
inglorious; nameless, renownless † ; obscure; unknown to fame; unnoticed, unnoted † ,
unhonored, unglorified † .
shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable;
unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem [Lat.],
dedecorous † ; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant,
shocking, outrageous, notorious.
ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base &c
(dishonorable) 940.
Adv. to one's shame be it spoken.
Int. fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor! [Lat.], O tempora! † , O mores!, ough!, sic
transit gloria mundi! [Lat.],
875. Nobility -- N. nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy † , blood, pur sang [Fr.],
birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.].
high life, haute monde [Fr.]; upper classes, upper ten thousand; the four hundred
[U.S.]; elite, aristocracy, great folks; fashionable world &c (fashion) 852.
peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual;
noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling † ; grandee, magnifico [Lat.], hidalgo; daimio
[Jap.], daimyo [Jap.], samurai [Jap.], shizoku [Jap.]; don, donship † ; aristocrat, swell,
three-tailed bashaw † ; gentleman, squire, squireen † , patrician, laureate.
gentry, gentlefolk; squirarchy [Slang], better sort magnates, primates, optimates † ;
pantisocracy † .
king &c (master) 745; atheling † ; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate † ; earl, viscount,
baron, thane, banneret † ; baronet, baronetcy † ; knight, knighthood; count, armiger † , laird;
signior † , seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour † ; emir, ameer † , scherif † , sharif,
effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave † , pasha, rajah, waldgrave † .
princess, begum † , duchess, marchioness; countess &c; lady, dame; memsahib; Do$a,
maharani, rani.
personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank,
personage of mark, man of mark; notables, notabilities; celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great
man, star, superstar; big bug; big gun, great gun; gilded rooster [U.S.]; magni nominis
umbra [Lat.] [Lucan]; every inch a king [Lear].
V. be noble &c adj..
Adj. noble, exalted; of rank &c n.; princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic; high-, wellborn;
of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut [Fr.], gentlemanlike † , courtly &c
(fashionable) 852; highly respectable.
Adv. in high quarters.
Phr. Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete [G.]; adelig und edel sind zweierlei [G.];
noblesse oblige [Fr.].