Antonyms for renown
rɪˈnaʊnrenown

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1. renown

   Fame is the widely disseminated report of a person's character, deeds, or abilities, and is oftenest used in the favorable sense. Reputation and repute are more limited than fame, and may be either good or bad. Notoriety is evil repute or a dishonorable counterfeit of fame. Eminence and distinction may result from rank, station, or character. Celebrity is limited in range; we speak of local celebrity, or world-wide fame. Fame in its best sense may be defined as the applause of numbers; renown, as such applause worthily won; we speak of the conqueror's fame, the patriot's renown. Glory and honor are of good import; honor may be given for qualities or acts that should not win it, but it is always given as something good and worthy; we can speak of an evil fame, but not of evil honor; glory has a more exalted and often a sacred sense.

   Antonyms:
   contempt, contumely, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, oblivion, obscurity, shame

   Synonyms:
   celebrity, credit, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, honor, laurels, notoriety, reputation, repute

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1. renown

   Antonyms:
   disgrace, meanness, ignobleness, degradation, taint, stain, brand, discredit, dishonor, disrepute

   Synonyms:
   fame, distinction, note, notability, eminence, celebrity, glory, reputation, lustre, honor

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. fame, celebrity, renownnoun

   the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

   Synonyms:
   famous person, celebrity, fame

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1. renownnoun

   Synonyms:
   celebrity, repute, fame, notoriety, note

How to use renown in a sentence?

1. Marcus Aurelius:

   Forget everything else. Keep hold of this alone and remember it: Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see. The span we live is small - small as the corner of the earth in which we live it. Small as the greatest renown, passed from mouth to mouth by short-lived stick figures, ignorant alike of themselves and those long dead.

2. Sallust, The War with Catiline:

   The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

3. Erica Edwards:

   For us to get released from Renown and go home was scary, but such a relief, our family hadn’t been home in three months, so that part was amazing. But then the rehabilitation started and it was scary.

4. Sallust:

   The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

5. Oliver Goldsmith:

   The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled.

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