Synonyms for dishonest

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dis-on-ist

Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈɒn ɪst

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Définition of dishonest

Origin : late 14c., from Old French deshoneste (13c., Modern French déshonnête) "dishonorable, horrible, indecent," perhaps from a Medieval Latin or Gallo-Romance compound of Latin dis- "not" (see dis-) + honestus "honorable" (see honest). The Latin formation was dehonestus. Related: Dishonestly.

adj lying, untruthful

Example sentences :

"If you think it dishonourable or dishonest—" said Beaufort, irresolutely.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I dare say it was because I had been so dishonest myself just before.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

And is any mode of acquisition, even if unjust and dishonest, equally to be deemed virtue?
Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

And then Jed Winslow did what was perhaps the first dishonest thing he had ever done.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

In fact he wrote that he thought it all wrong, deceitful, bordering on the dishonest.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

To return again to the lying, dishonest, and negligent servant.
Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley

The sharks on the Bourse and the sharp men of business are just as dishonest.
Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux

As the man said, we haven't had a dishonest person in the State for thousands of years.
Extract from : « No Pets Allowed » by M. A. Cummings

There aren't any dishonest people, so there won't be anything for him to do.
Extract from : « No Pets Allowed » by M. A. Cummings

Certainly; if you prove him to be dishonest, my love will vanish away.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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