Definitions for dishonest
dɪsˈɒn ɪstdis·hon·est

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dishonest, dishonorableadjective

   deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

2. corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venaladjective

   capable of being corrupted

   "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. dishonestadjective

   Not honest.

2. dishonestadjective

   Interfering with honesty.

3. Etymology: deshoneste, from dehonestus. See dis-, honest

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dishonestadjective

   Etymology: dis and honest.

   1. Void of probity; void of faith; faithless; wicked; fraudulent.

   To-morrow will we be married —— I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire, to desire to be a woman of the world. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   Justice then was neither blind to discern, nor lame to execute. It was not subject to be imposed upon by a deluded fancy, nor yet to be bribed by a glozing appetite, for an utile or jucundum to turn the balance to a false or dishonest sentence. Robert South, Sermons.

   He lays it down as a principle, that right or wrong, honest and dishonest, are defined only by laws and not by nature. John Locke.

   2. Disgraced; dishonoured.

   Dishonest with lopp’d arms the youth appears,
   Spoil’d of his nose, and shorten’d of his ears. Dryden.

   3. Disgraceful; ignominious. These two senses are scarcely English, being borrowed from the Latin idiom.

   She saw her sons with purple death expire,
   Her sacred domes involv’d in rolling fire,
   A dreadful series of intestine wars,
   Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Alexander Pope, Winds. For.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Dishonestadjective

   dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd

2. Dishonestadjective

   dishonored; disgraced; disfigured

3. Dishonestadjective

   wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man

4. Dishonestadjective

   characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust

5. Dishonestverb

   to disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid

6. Etymology: [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. dshonnte, OF. deshoneste.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dishonest

   diz-on′est, adj. not honest: wanting integrity: disposed to cheat: insincere: (Shak.) unchaste.—adv. Dishon′estly.—n. Dishon′esty. [O. Fr. deshonneste, des—L. dis, neg., honneste—L. honestus, honest.]

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1. hedonists

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dishonest in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dishonest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dishonest in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   I have to be nice otherwise I'll get criticized for -- for speaking poorly about our courts. I'll be criticized by these people, among the most dishonest people in the world.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   She said they were dishonest and unfair.

3. Lois Lerner:

   Yesterday was a doozy. They called me back to testify on the IRS ‘scandal,’ and I tool (sic) the 5th again because they had been so evil and dishonest in my lawyer’s dealings with them.

4. Marcus Aurelius:

   Anger cannot be dishonest.

5. Donald Trump:

   Lying Cruz put out a statement, 'Trump Rubio are w/Obama on gay marriage.' Cruz is the worst liar, crazy or very dishonest. Perhaps all 3?

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