dishonest
adjective
- deceptive, fraudulent
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.
- Not honest; shoddy.
““Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.”
- Interfering with honesty.
- Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
“inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars”
“speake dishonest word”
- Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
“Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.”