Antonyms for prestige

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pre-steezh, -steej

Phonetic Transcription : prɛˈstiʒ, -ˈstidʒ

Definition of prestige

Origin : 1650s, "trick," from French prestige (16c.) "deceit, imposture, illusion" (in Modern French, "illusion, magic, glamour"), from Latin praestigium "delusion, illusion" (see prestigious). Derogatory until 19c.; sense of "dazzling influence" first applied 1815, to Napoleon.

noun fame, influence

Example sentences :

Here he had prestige because he was the son of Daniel Bines, organiser and man of affairs.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Do not disturb the prestige which belongs to a distant and unfamiliar power.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

The white man's prestige and privileges were invested in him.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

By doing so, it simply hampered faith and diminished its own prestige.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

And there's the famous name, and the family, and the prestige.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The Balkan War, however, had been a severe blow to his prestige.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

For the boatmen of Beirut have not lost their prestige and power.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

To reveal his secret would be to destroy the prestige that must accrue to him from exercising it.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

She had no intention of allowing to Mrs. Stanley the prestige which belonged to herself.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

Amalfi was completely destroyed, and has never regained her prestige.
Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting

Synonyms for prestige

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