'Of ill repute' refers to a bad reputation, and yes, absolutely it can be harmful, regardless of the truth.
She was a prostitute. She worked in a house of ill-repute. ill repute = bad reputation
It is not a single word, it's a phrase--a euphemism, as in "House of ill repute." It means bad (ill) reputation (repute).
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
It was a town of ill repute.
It's best to avoid a dispute with a person of ill repute.
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.
Réputé means renowned .
He played piano in the local "houses of ill repute".
The word cat used to be a derogatory term for a prostitute, so a brothel began to be known as a cathouse.