dishonest

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.

Antonyms

• honest

Related terms

• dishonesty

Translations

not honest

• Arabic: مُخَادِع m ‎(muḵādiʿ), غَشَاش m ‎(ḡašāš)

  Egyptian Arabic: مخادع m ‎(muxadeʕ), غشاش m ‎(ğašaaš)

• Bulgarian: нечестен (bg) ‎(nečésten), непочтен (bg) ‎(nepočten)
• Catalan: deshonest
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不誠實, 不诚实 ‎(bù chéngshí)

• French: malhonnête (fr)
• German: unehrlich (de)
• Italian: disonesto (it)
• Japanese: 不正直 ‎(ふしょうじき, fushōjiki)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uærlig

  Nynorsk: uærleg

• Polish: nieuczciwy (pl) m
• Portuguese: desonesto (pt) m
• Romanian: necinstit (ro)
• Russian: нече́стный (ru) ‎(nečéstnyj), бесче́стный (ru) ‎(besčéstnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: неискрен

  Roman: neiskren (sh)

• Slovene: neiskrén m
• Spanish: embustero (es), mentiroso (es), deshonesto (es)
• Swedish: oärlig (sv)

External links

• dishonest at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• hedonists