Skip to content

dishonest

adjective

  1. deceptive, fraudulent
L226967 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ / /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ / /dɪzˈɒnɛst/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.

  1. Not honest; shoddy.

    “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.

  2. Interfering with honesty.
  3. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

    inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars

    speake dishonest word

  4. Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

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