dishonest

EtymologyEdit

Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. See dis-, honest

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɒnɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsɑnɪst/

AdjectiveEdit

dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest)

1. Not honest.
2. Interfering with honesty.
3. (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
   • Alexander Pope

     inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars

   • Sir T. North

     Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].

4. (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
   • Dryden

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

AntonymsEdit

• honest

Related termsEdit

• dishonesty

TranslationsEdit

External linksEdit

• dishonest at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

• hedonists