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Dishonest

Dishonest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dishonest? [adj] capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" [adj] deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive [adj] lacking truthfulness; "a dishonest answer" [adj] lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dishonest: ambidextrous \| beguiling \| blackguardly \| bribable \| corrupt \| corruptible \| deceitful \| deceptive \| dishonorable \| double-dealing \| double-faced \| double-tongued \| duplicitous \| fallacious \| false \| fraudulent \| Janus-faced \| misleading \| picaresque \| purchasable \| rascally \| roguish \| scoundrelly \| thieving(a) \| thievish \| two-faced \| unscrupulous \| untruthful \| venal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dishonest: ambidextrous \| amoral \| artful \| bent \| casuistic \| cheating \| conscienceless \| corrupt \| corrupted \| counterfeit \| crafty \| criminal \| cronk \| crooked \| cunning \| dark \| deceitful \| deceiving \| deceptive \| defrauding \| devious \| dishonorable \| disingenuous \| double \| double-dealing \| double-faced \| doublehearted \| double-minded \| double-tongued \| doubtful \| dubious \| duplicitous \| empty \| equivocal \| evasive \| faithless \| fake \| false \| falsehearted \| false-principled \| felonious \| fishy \| forsworn \| fraudulent \| furtive \| hollow \| hypocritical \| ill-got \| ill-gotten \| immoral \| indirect \| insidious \| insincere \| jesuitic \| knavish \| lying \| Machiavellian \| mealymouthed \| mendacious \| not kosher \| oblique \| perfidious \| perjured \| prevaricating \| questionable \| roguish \| rotten \| shady \| shameless \| shifty \| sinister \| slippery \| snide \| suspicious \| swindling \| thieving \| thievish \| tongue in cheek \| treacherous \| tricky \| truthless \| two-faced \| uncandid \| unconscienced \| unconscientious \| unconscionable \| underhand \| underhanded \| unethical \| unfair \| unfrank \| unprincipled \| unsavory \| unscrupulous \| unserious \| unstraightforward \| untrustworthy \| untruthful \| unveracious \| without remorse \| without shame See Also \| crooked \| dishonourable \| insincere \| untrustworthy \| untrusty Dishonest In Webster's Dictionary \Dishon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. d['e]shonn[^e]te, OF. deshoneste.] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. --Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. --Dryden. 3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. 4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. To get dishonest gain. --Ezek. xxii. 27. The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft. \Dishon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.] I will no longer dishonest my house. --Chapman.

Dishonest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dishonest?

[adj] capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
[adj] deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
[adj] lacking truthfulness; "a dishonest answer"
[adj] lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

Dishonest In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F.
d['e]shonn[^e]te, OF. deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]

         Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope.

         Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the
         women].                               --Sir T.
                                               North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]

         Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
         Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
                                               --Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed
   to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity;
   knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

         To get dishonest gain.                --Ezek. xxii.
                                               27.

         The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.


\Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.]
To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]

      I will no longer dishonest my house.     --Chapman.

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