Definition of Dishonest

1. Adjective. Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.


2. Adjective. Capable of being corrupted. "A venal police officer"
Exact synonyms: Bribable, Corruptible, Purchasable, Venal
Similar to: Corrupt
Derivative terms: Bribe, Corrupt, Corrupt, Corruptibility, Venality

Definition of Dishonest

1. a. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

2. v. t. To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.

Definition of Dishonest

1. Adjective. Not honest. ¹

2. Adjective. Interfering with honesty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dishonest

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishonest

dishful
dishfuls
dishier
dishiest
dishily
dishiness
dishing
dishing out
dishing up
dishings
dishlike
dishome
dishomed
dishomes
dishoming
dishonest (current term)
dishonesties
dishonestly
dishonestness
dishonesty
dishonnour
dishonor
dishonor'd
dishonorable
dishonorable discharge
dishonorableness
dishonorably
dishonorary
dishonored
dishonorer

Literary usage of Dishonest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner (1860)
"They know that the whole people, honest and dishonest, slaveholders and non-slaveholders alike, must be presumed to have agreed either to an honest or a ..."

2. The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus (1913)
"Nor have I, after the Example; of Juvenal, raked up that forgotten sink of filth and ribaldry, but laid before you things rather ridiculous than dishonest. ..."

3. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"Nothing is profitable which is dishonest. Cicero. Dishonorable. 1. What is dishonorable is always dangerous. Dislike. 1. What you dislike for yourself do ..."

4. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"»r dishonest purpose. §162. Whether nn alliance may be contracted with those who do not profess the true religion. [196] J 163. ..."

5. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Prepara,ions —The Whigs oppose the Reform Bill—Anxiety to defeat the Government—Lord Cowley returns from Vienna—War impending—dishonest Conduct of both ..."

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