What a dishonest fellow!
Source: tatoeba (24876)
Dishonest
//dɪˈsɑnɪst//
Synonyms for "dishonest" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (66)
ill-gottenimmoralindirectinsidiousinsincerejaundicedjesuiticjesuiticalknavishlawlesslyingmachiavellianmealymouthedmendaciousmisleadingnot kosherobliqueperfidiousperjuredphoney
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picaresqueprevaricatingquestionableroguishrottenshamelessshiftysinisterslipperyslysneakysnidesophisticalsuspiciousswindlingthievishtongue in cheektreacheroustrickytruthlesstwo facedtwo-faceduncandidunconsciencedunconscientiousunconscionableunderhandunderhandedunethicalunfairunfoundedunfrankunprincipledunsavoryunseriousunstraightforwarduntrueuntrustworthyuntruthfulunveraciousvillainouswithout remorsewithout shame
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
Translations
57 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pander adj (not honest)
Arabic
4 entries- غشاش adj (not honest)
- غَشَاش adj (not honest)
- مخادع adj (not honest)
- مُخَادِع adj (not honest)
Armenian
1 entries- անազնիվ adj (not honest)
Belarusian
2 entries- несумле́нны adj (not honest)
- нячэ́сны adj (not honest)
Bulgarian
2 entries- непочтен adj (not honest)
- нече́стен adj (not honest)
Catalan
1 entries- deshonest adj (not honest)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不誠實 /不诚实 adj (not honest)
Czech
2 entries- nepoctivý adj (not honest)
- nečestný adj (not honest)
Danish
1 entries- uærlig adj (not honest)
Dutch
2 entries- oneerlijk adj (not honest)
- onoprecht adj (not honest)
Finnish
1 entries- epärehellinen adj (not honest)
French
1 entries- malhonnête adj (not honest)
German
1 entries- unehrlich adj (not honest)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 adj (not honest)
Greek
2 entries- άτιμος adj (not honest)
- ανέντιμος adj (not honest)
Hindi
1 entries- बेईमान adj (not honest)
Hungarian
1 entries- becstelen adj (not honest)
Hunsrik
1 entries- uneherlich adj (not honest)
Irish
3 entries- ainionraic adj (not honest)
- mí-ionraic adj (not honest)
- mímhacánta adj (not honest)
Italian
1 entries- disonesto adj (not honest)
Japanese
1 entries- 不正直 adj (not honest)
Korean
1 entries- 부정직하다 adj (not honest)
Latin
2 entries- fraudulentus adj (not honest)
- perfidus adj (not honest)
Middle English
1 entries- unhoneste adj (not honest)
Māori
2 entries- raureka adj (not honest)
- tāhae adj (not honest)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uærlig adj (not honest)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uærleg adj (not honest)
Old English
1 entries- unsōþfæst adj (not honest)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ناموسسز adj (not honest)
Polish
1 entries- nieuczciwy adj (not honest)
Portuguese
1 entries- desonesto adj (not honest)
Romanian
1 entries- necinstit adj (not honest)
Russian
2 entries- бесче́стный adj (not honest)
- нече́стный adj (not honest)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कौट adj (not honest)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nèiskren adj (not honest)
- нѐискрен adj (not honest)
Slovene
1 entries- neiskrén adj (not honest)
Spanish
3 entries- deshonesto adj (not honest)
- embustero adj (not honest)
- mentiroso adj (not honest)
Swedish
1 entries- oärlig adj (not honest)
Ukrainian
2 entries- несумлі́нний adj (not honest)
- нече́сний adj (not honest)
Welsh
1 entries- anonest adj (not honest)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He was angry at the suggestion that he was dishonest.
Source: tatoeba (26660)
I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.
Source: tatoeba (49770)
John claimed that the dishonest salesman had tricked him into buying a useless piece of machinery.
Source: tatoeba (52743)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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