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Webster 1913 Edition
Dishonest
Dis-hon′est
,Adj.
[Pref.
dis-
+ honest
: cf. F. déshonnête
, OF. deshoneste
.] 1.
Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
[Obs.]
Inglorious triumphs and
dishonest
scars. Pope.
Speak no foul or
dishonest
words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.
2.
Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.
[Obs.]
Dishonest
with lopped arms the youth appears,Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Dryden.
3.
Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy;
as, a
. dishonest
man4.
Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
To get
dishonest
gain. Ezek. xxii. 27.
The
dishonest
profits of men in office. Bancroft.
Dis-hon′est
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. OF.
deshonester
.] To disgrace; to dishonor;
as, to
. dishonest
a maid[Obs.]
I will no longer
dishonest
my house. Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dishonest
DISHONEST
,Adj.
1.
Void of honesty; destitute of probity, integrity or good faith; faithless; fraudulent; knavish; having or exercising a disposition to deceive, cheat and defraud; applied to persons; as a dishonest man.2.
Proceeding from fraud or marked by it; fraudulent; knavish; as a dishonest transaction.3.
Disgraced; dishonored; from the sense in Latin.Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears.
4.
Disgraceful; ignominious; from the Latin sense.Inglorious triumphs, and dishonest scars.
5.
Unchaste; lewd.Definition 2024
dishonest
dishonest
English
Adjective
dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest)
- Not honest.
- Interfering with honesty.
- (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].
- Alexander Pope
- (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
- Dryden
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
- Dryden
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
not honest
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