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dishonest

/dɪˈsɑnɪst/adjective3 syllables

Dishonest means: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.

Synonyms for dishonest29

adjective, as in deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

dishonorable, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued, beguiling, fallacious, fraudulent, deceptive, misleading
and 11 more, false, picaresque, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly, shady, thieving, thievish, crooked, corrupt

adjective, as in capable of being corrupted

corruptible, bribable, purchasable, venal, corrupt

Opposites of dishonest

honest

What does dishonest mean?2

adjective

1

deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

2

capable of being corrupted“corruptible judges”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dishonest?1

two syllables

honest
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Dishonest in a sentence

  • Just because she is poor, it does not follow that she is dishonest.unknown
  • If a person is dishonest, he is dishonest to the end.dimitris
  • If a person is dishonest, she is dishonest to the end.wallebot
  • There are no dishonest people, only ones who forget to be honest.ArminAshrafi
  • He was angry at the suggestion that he was dishonest.auxitt
  • I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.CK
  • Everyone who does one thing and pretends to do another is dishonest.Nylez
  • I would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means.unknown

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