dishonest
Syllables: dis·on·est/dɪˈsɒnɪst//dɪˈsɑnɪst/
dishonest adjective: not honest; shoddy.
Adjective
dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest)
- Not honest; shoddy.
- “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.2025 October 27, Russell Berman, quoting Donald Trump, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025
- Synonyms:
- roguish
- Interfering with honesty.
- Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC
- speake dishonest wordc. 1560, Thomas North, Archontorologion
- Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
dishonest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dishonest in Hindi
- not honest
- बेईमान beīmān
dishonest in Tamil
- உண்கலம், நாணய மற்ற, நாணயமற்ற, நேர்மையற்ற, வஞ்சகமான
dishonest in Urdu
- dishonest, deceptive
- بے ایمان be-īmān
- dishonest
- کھوٹا khoṭā
dishonest in Bengali
- অসৎ, অসাধু
More languagesFewer languages
- dishonest in Telugu
- కచ్చా kaccā
- dishonest in Malayalam
- സത്യസന്ധതയില്ലാത്ത, ആത്മാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത, സത്യമില്ലാത്ത, വഞ്ചനാത്മകമായ
- dishonest in Kannada
- ಎಡರು, ಮೋಸಮಾಡು, ಸುಳ್ಳುಹೇಳು
- dishonest in Gujarati
- અપ્રમાણિક, અપ્રામાણિક
- dishonest in Sanskrit
- कौट kauṭa
- dishonest in Arabic
- مُخَادِع muḵādiʕ, غَشَاش ḡašāš
Examples of dishonest in a sentence
- If you want to stay in his good books, just don't be lazy or dishonest.
- He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
- “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.
Synonyms of dishonest
Antonyms
Forms of dishonest
| comparative | more dishonest |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dishonest |
Origin of dishonest
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
Words formed from dishonest
Questions about dishonest
- What does dishonest mean?
- Dishonest means not honest; shoddy.
- What is dishonest in Hindi?
- Dishonest in Hindi is बेईमान (beīmān). See Dishonest meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dishonest?
- Dishonest is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dishonest?
- Dishonest is pronounced /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ (UK).
Words near dishonest in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dishonest (page history and authors); dishonest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بے ایمان (Urdu) (page history and authors); dishonest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కచ్చా (Telugu) (page history and authors); dishonest (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); dishonest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dishonest (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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