déclassé
Fallen from grace
Déclassé describes someone or something that has fallen from a higher social position or lost former status and prestige.
A déclassé aristocrat might be living in reduced circumstances, stripped of the wealth or standing their family once enjoyed.
The term can also describe things considered beneath one's station or declassed by association: The restaurant had become rather déclassé.
Disreputable or sun-blocked
- sleazyDisreputably low-quality
- seedyRundown and disreputable
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
- tarnishedOxidized and discolored
discredited · scandalous · compromised · louche · raffish · unsavory · questionable · improper
Rejected, shunned person
- persona non grataOfficially unwelcome individual
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
excluded · snubbed · dropped · cut · unwelcome · cast out · expelled
No longer fashionable
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- outdatedNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
dowdy · frumpy · unstylish · démodé · kitsch · naff · uncool · cheesy
Reduction in status
- disgraceLoss of honor
- downfallSudden loss of power
- fall from graceLoss of status or reputation
- humiliationLoss of dignity
degradation · decline · discredit · shame · stigma · disfavor · relegation · debasement
State of extreme deprivation
- disinheritedExcluded from inheritance
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- straitened circumstancesState of financial difficulty
shady
Disreputable or sun-blocked
tarnished · discredited · scandalous · compromised · louche · raffish · unsavory · questionable · improper · indecorous
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
- persona non grataOfficially unwelcome individual
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
shunned · excluded · snubbed · dropped · cut · unwelcome · cast out · expelled
passé
No longer fashionable
old-fashioned · dowdy · frumpy · unstylish · démodé · kitsch · naff · uncool · cheesy · shabby-genteel
demotion
Reduction in status
- disgraceLoss of honor
- downfallSudden loss of power
- fall from graceLoss of status or reputation
humiliation · degradation · decline · discredit · shame · stigma · disfavor · relegation · debasement · comedown
impoverishment
State of extreme deprivation
- disinheritedExcluded from inheritance
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- straitened circumstancesState of financial difficulty
déclasséelite
Superior select group
upper-class · aristocratic · highborn · patrician · blue-blooded
déclasséupwardly mobile
Rising in social class
arriviste · parvenu · social climber · rising · ascendant
déclassédistinguished
Notable and respected
refined · prestigious · classy · high-class · well-bred
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