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.

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