The word cat used to be a derogatory term for a prostitute, so a brothel began to be known as a cathouse.
Brothel, bordello, bagnio, bawdy house, bordello, call house, den of iniquity, house of assignation, house of ill repute, house with red doors, massage parlor, red-light district, whorehouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, Congress.
She was a prostitute. She worked in a house of ill-repute. ill repute = bad reputation
Ill-repute refers to having a bad or negative reputation. It means that someone or something is generally viewed in a negative light by others.
'Of ill repute' refers to a bad reputation, and yes, absolutely it can be harmful, regardless of the truth.
Antonyms for reputation:disreputableness, ill repute, notoriety
A person of ill repute has a bad reputation.
Port leave, rum, and women of ill repute?
The cast of Beyond the Pearly Gates of Ill-Repute - 2006 includes: Warner Boutin as Priest Elza Kephart as Madame Louis Pearson as Sailor
No. The only colors used was red for a house of ill repute.
It's best to avoid a dispute with a person of ill repute.
It was a town of ill repute.
He played piano in the local "houses of ill repute".