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Disingenuous

Disingenuous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disingenuous? [adj] not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disingenuous: artful \| distorted \| misrepresented \| perverted \| twisted Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disingenuous: apparently sound \| artful \| calculating \| casuistic \| clever \| colorable \| contriving \| crafty \| cunning \| deceitful \| deceptive \| designing \| devious \| dishonest \| double-dealing \| duplicitous \| empty \| fallacious \| false \| falsehearted \| feigned \| forsworn \| foxy \| guileful \| hollow \| hypocritical \| illusive \| indirect \| insidious \| insincere \| jesuitic \| left-handed \| mealymouthed \| oblique \| overrefined \| oversubtle \| perjured \| philosophistic \| plausible \| plotting \| scheming \| shifty \| slick \| sly \| smooth \| sophistic \| sophistical \| specious \| tongue in cheek \| tricky \| two-faced \| uncandid \| underhanded \| unfrank \| unserious \| unsincere \| untruthful \| wily See Also \| insincere Disingenuous In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`ingen"uous\, a. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. --Pope. -- {Dis`ingen"uously}, adv. --T. Warton. -- {Dis`ingen"uousness}, n. --Macaulay.

Disingenuous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disingenuous?

[adj] not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"

See Also | insincere

Disingenuous In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
   unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
   frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

         So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
                                               --Pope.
   -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. --
   {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay.

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